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38 U.S.C. § 7433 — Administrative matters
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**(a) Regulations.—** The Secretary shall prescribe regulations relating to the pay of physicians, optometrists, podiatrists, and dentists in the Veterans Health Administration under this subchapter.
**(b) Recommendations and Views.—** In prescribing the regulations, the Secretary shall take into account the recommendations of the Under Secretary for Health on the administration of this subchapter. In formulating recommendations for the purpose of this subsection, the Under Secretary shall request the views of representatives of labor organizations that are exclusive representatives of physicians, optometrists, podiatrists, and dentists of the Department and the views of representatives of professional organizations of physicians, optometrists, podiatrists, and dentists of the Department.
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**(a) Regulations.—** The Secretary shall prescribe regulations relating to the pay of physicians, optometrists, podiatrists, and dentists in the Veterans Health Administration under this subchapter.
**(b) Recommendations and Views.—** In prescribing the regulations, the Secretary shall take into account the recommendations of the Under Secretary for Health on the administration of this subchapter. In formulating recommendations for the purpose of this subsection, the Under Secretary shall request the views of representatives of labor organizations that are exclusive representatives of physicians, optometrists, podiatrists, and dentists of the Department and the views of representatives of professional organizations of physicians, optometrists, podiatrists, and dentists of the Department.
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**(a) Elements of Pay.—** Pay of physicians, podiatrists, optometrists, and dentists in the Veterans Health Administration shall consist of three elements as follows:
(1) Base pay as provided for under subsection (b).
(2) Market pay as provided for under subsection (c).
(3) Performance pay as provided under subsection (d).
**(b) Base Pay.—** One element of pay for physicians, podiatrists, optometrists, and dentists shall be base pay. Base pay shall meet the following requirements:
(1) Each physician, podiatrist, optometrist and dentist is entitled to base pay determined under the Physician, Podiatrist, and Dentist Base and Longevity Pay Schedule.
(2) The Physician, Podiatrist, and Dentist Base and Longevity Pay Schedule is composed of 15 rates of base pay designated, from the lowest rate of pay to the highest rate of pay, as base pay steps 1 through 15.
(3) The rate of base pay payable to a physician, podiatrist, optometrist or dentist is based on the total number of the years of the service of the physician, podiatrist, optometrist or dentist in the Veterans Health Administration as follows: For a physician, podiatrist, optometrist or dentist with total service of:The rate of base pay is the rate payable for: two years or lessstep 1 more than 2 years and not more than 4 yearsstep 2 more than 4 years and not more than 6 yearsstep 3 more than 6 years and not more than 8 yearsstep 4 more than 8 years and not more than 10 yearsstep 5 more than 10 years and not more than 12 yearsstep 6 more than 12 years and not more than 14 yearsstep 7 more than 14 years and not more than 16 yearsstep 8 more than 16 years and not more than 18 yearsstep 9 more than 18 years and not more than 20 yearsstep 10 more than 20 years and not more than 22 yearsstep 11 more than 22 years and n
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TITLE 38—VETERANS’ BENEFITS
§ 7433
under the terms of such agreement until the effective
date that is applicable under subsection (d) [set out
as a note above] to the Under Secretary.
‘‘(ii) An individual appointed as Under Secretary
for Health on or after the date of the enactment of
this Act and before the effective date applicable
under subsection (d) to the Under Secretary shall be
paid special pay in accordance with the provisions of
sections 7432(d)(2) and 7433 of title 38, United States
Code (as in effect on the day before the date of the en-
actment of this Act), during the period beginning on
the date of appointment and ending on such effective
date. However, no special pay agreement shall be re-
quired for the payment of special pay under this
clause.
‘‘(B) TREATMENT OF SPECIAL PAY.—Special pay paid
under subparagraph (A) during the period beginning
on the date of the enactment of this Act and ending
on the effective date applicable under subsection (d)
to the Under Secretary—
‘‘(i) shall be subject to the provisions of para-
graphs (1), (2), (4), (5), and (6) of section 7438(b) of
title 38, United States Code (as in effect on the day
before the date of the enactment of this Act); and
‘‘(ii) shall be fully creditable for purposes of com-
puting benefits under chapters 83 and 84 of title 5,
United States Code.’’
INITIAL RATES OF BASE PAY FOR PHYSICIANS AND
DENTISTS
Pub. L. 108–445, § 3(c), Dec. 3, 2004, 118 Stat. 2641, pro-
vided that: ‘‘The initial rates of base pay established
for the base pay steps under the Physician and Dentist
Base and Longevity Pay Schedule provided in section
7431(b) of title 38, United States Code (as added by sub-
section (b)), are as follows:
‘‘Base Pay Step:
Rate of Pay:
1 ......................
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