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38 U.S.C. § 7313 — Advisory committees: affiliated institutions
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**(a)** In each case where the Secretary has a contract or agreement with any school, institution of higher learning, medical center, hospital, or other public or nonprofit agency, institution, or organization for the training or education of health personnel, the Secretary shall establish an advisory committee to advise the Secretary and the Under Secretary for Health with respect to policy matters arising in connection with, and the operation of, the program with respect to which it was appointed. Such a committee may be a dean’s committee, a medical advisory committee, or the like.
**(b)** Any such advisory committee may be established on an institution-wide, multi-disciplinary basis or on a regional basis whenever establishment on such a basis is found to be feasible.
**(c)** Members of each such advisory committee shall be appointed by the Secretary and shall include personnel of the Department (including appropriate representation from the full-time staff) and of the entity with which the Secretary has entered into the contract or agreement. The number of members, and terms of members, of each advisory committee shall be prescribed by the Secretary.
**(d)** The Secretary shall require that the Chief of the Nursing Service (or the designee of the Chief) at each Department health-care facility be included in the membership of each policymaking committee at that facility. Such committees include: (1) committees relating to matters such as budget, education, position management, clinical executive issues, planning, and resource allocation, and (2) the dean’s committee or other advisory committee established under subsection (a).
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**(a)** In each case where the Secretary has a contract or agreement with any school, institution of higher learning, medical center, hospital, or other public or nonprofit agency, institution, or organization for the training or education of health personnel, the Secretary shall establish an advisory committee to advise the Secretary and the Under Secretary for Health with respect to policy matters arising in connection with, and the operation of, the program with respect to which it was appointed. Such a committee may be a dean’s committee, a medical advisory committee, or the like.
**(b)** Any such advisory committee may be established on an institution-wide, multi-disciplinary basis or on a regional basis whenever establishment on such a basis is found to be feasible.
**(c)** Members of each such advisory committee shall be appointed by the Secretary and shall include personnel of the Department (including appropriate representation from the full-time staff) and of the entity with which the Secretary has entered into the contract or agreement. The number of members, and terms of members, of each advisory committee shall be prescribed by the Secretary.
**(d)** The Secretary shall require that the Chief of the Nursing Service (or the designee of the Chief) at each Department health-care facility be included in the membership of each policymaking committee at that facility. Such committees include: (1) committees relating to matters such as budget, education, position management, clinical executive issues, planning, and resource allocation, and (2) the dean’s committee or other advisory committee established under subsection (a).
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**(a)**
(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the hours of employment in carrying out responsibilities under this title of any employee who is appointed in the Administration under any provision of this chapter on a full-time basis in a position listed in [section 7421(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section7421/b&num=0&edition=prelim) (other than an intern or resident appointed pursuant to [section 7406 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section7406&num=0&edition=prelim)) and who accepts responsibilities for carrying out professional services for remuneration other than those assigned under this title shall consist of not less than 80 hours in a biweekly pay period (as that term is used in [section 5504 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5504&num=0&edition=prelim)).
(2)
(A) Upon the advance written request of a covered physician, the Secretary may modify the hours of employment for a physician appointed in the Administration under any provision of this chapter on a full-time basis to be more or less than 80 hours in a biweekly pay period, subject to the requirements in subparagraph (B). For the purpose of determining pay, such a physician shall be deemed to have a biweekly schedule of 80 hours of employment.
(B) A physician with an irregular work schedule established under subparagraph (A) shall be obligated to account for at least 2,080 hours of employment (through performance of work or use of leave or paid time off) in a calendar year.
(C) The Secretary may prescribe regulations to implement this paragraph, including regulations making adjustments to address the annual hours requirement for physicia
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TITLE 38—VETERANS’ BENEFITS
§ 7313
to the Regional Director of the Veterans Inte-
grated Services Network, and to the National
Quality Management Officer, regarding the dis-
charge of the responsibilities and duties of the
officer under this section.
(3) The quality management officer for a Vet-
erans Integrated Services Network shall—
(A) direct the quality management office in
the Network; and
(B) coordinate, monitor, and oversee the
quality management programs and activities
of the Administration medical facilities in the
Network in order to ensure the thorough and
uniform discharge of quality management re-
quirements under such programs and activi-
ties throughout such facilities.
(c) QUALITY MANAGEMENT OFFICERS FOR MED-
ICAL FACILITIES.—(1) The director of each Vet-
erans Health Administration medical facility
shall appoint a quality management officer for
that facility.
(2) The quality management officer for a facil-
ity shall report directly to the director of the fa-
cility, and to the quality management officer of
the Veterans Integrated Services Network in
which the facility is located, regarding the dis-
charge of the responsibilities and duties of the
quality management officer under this section.
(3) The quality management officer for a facil-
ity shall be responsible for designing, dissemi-
nating, and implementing quality management
programs and activities for the facility that
meet the requirements established by the Na-
tional Quality Management Officer under sub-
section (a).
(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—(1)
Except as provided in paragraph (2), there are
authorized to be appropriated such sums as may
be necessary to carry out this section.
(2) There is authorized to be appropriated to
carry out the provisions
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