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EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1973 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 93-82 effective beginning the first pay period following thirty days after Aug. 2, 1973, see section 501 of Pub. L. 93-82, set out as a note under section 601 of this title.

ADJUSTMENT OF PAY RATES EFFECTIVE OCT. 1, 1973

Ex. Ord. No. 11739, Oct. 3, 1973, 38 F.R. 27581, set out as a note under section 5332 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, provided for the adjustment of pay rates effective Oct. 1, 1973. Sections 2, 4, and 5 of Ex. Ord. No. 11739, which related to the adjustment of pay rates under this section provided:

SEC. 2. The schedules contained in section 4107 of title 38 of the United States Code [this section], for certain positions within the Department of Medicine and Surgery of the Veterans' Administration, are adjusted as follows: "Section 4103 Schedule

"Associate Deputy Chief Medical Director, the annual rate provided for positions in level V of the Executive Schedule.

"Assistant Chief Medical Director, $43,926.*

"Medical Director, $37,976 minimum* to $43,040 maximum.*

"Director of Nursing Service, $37,976 minimum* to $43,040 maximum.*

"Director of Chaplain Service, $32,806 minimum to $41,550 maximum.*

"Director of Pharmacy Service, $32,806 minimum to $41.550 maximum.*

"Director of Dietetic Service, $32,806 minimum to $41,550 maximum.*

"Director of Optometry, $32,806 minimum to $41,550 maximum.*

"Physician and Dentist Schedule

"Director grade, $32,806 minimum to $41,550 maximum.* "Executive grade, $30,455 minimum to $39,590 maxi

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"Chief grade, $28,263 minimum to $36,741 maximum.* "Senior grade, $24,247 minimum to $31,519 maximum. "Intermediate grade, $20,677 minimum to $26,878 maxi

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"Full grade, $17,497 minimum to $22,744 maximum. "Associate grade, $14,671 minimum to $19,072 maximum.

"Nurse Schedule

"Director grade, $28,263 minimum to $36,741 maximum.* "Assistant Director grade, $24,247 minimum to $31,519 maximum.

"Chief grade, $20,677 minimum to $26,878 maximum. "Senior grade, $17,497 minimum to $22,744 maximum. "Intermediate grade, $14,671 minimum to $19,072 maxi

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"Full grade, $12,167 minimum to $15,821 maximum. "Associate grade, $10,489 minimum to $13,639 maximum. "Junior grade, $8,977 minimum to $11,668 maximum." "*The salary for employees at these rates is limited by section 5308 of title 5 of the United States Code to the rate level V of the Executive Schedule (as of the effective date of this salary adjustment, $36,000)."

Salary Limitation

SEC. 4. Notwithstanding the rates of basic pay or salaries established by section 1, 2, and 3 of this order, under section 5308 of title 5 of the United States Code no rate of basic pay or salary may be paid which is in excess of the rate now or hereafter provided for level V of the Executive Schedule.

Effective Date

SEC. 5. This order shall take effect as of the first day of the first applicable pay period beginning on or after October 1, 1973.

ADJUSTMENT OF PAY RATES EFFECTIVE OCT. 1, 1972 Ex. Ord. No. 11691, Dec. 15, 1972, 37 F.R. 27607, as amended by Ex. Ord. No. 11777, Apr. 12, 1974, 39 F.R. 13519, set out as a note under section 5332 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, provided for the adjustment of pay rates effective Oct. 1, 1972. Sections 2, 4, 5, and 6 of Ex. Ord. No. 11691, which related

to the adjustment of pay rates under this section provided:

SEC. 2. The schedules contained in section 4107 of title 38 of the United States Code [this section], for certain positions within the Department of Medicine and Surgery of the Veterans' Administration, are adjusted as follows: "Section 4103 Schedule

"Associate Deputy Chief Medical Director, the annual rate provided for positions in level V of the Executive Schedule.

"Assistant Chief Medical Director, $41,734*.

"Medical Director, $36,103 minimum* to $40,915 maximum*.

"Director of Nursing Service, $26,898 minimum to $34,971 maximum.

"Director of Chaplain Service, $26,898 minimum to $34,971 maximum.

"Chief Pharmacist, $26,898 minimum to $34,971 maxi

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"Chief Dietitian, $26,898 minimum to $34,971 maximum. "Physician and Dentist Schedule

"Director grade, $31,203 minimum to $39,523 maximum*. "Executive grade, $28,996 minimum to $37,699 maximum*. "Chief grade, $26,898 minimum to $34,971 maximum. "Senior grade, $23,088 minimum to $30,018 maximum. "Intermediate grade, $19,700 minimum to $25,613 maxi

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"Full grade, $16,682 minimum to $21,686 maximum. "Associate grade, $13,996 minimum to $18,190 maximum. "Assistant Director grade, $23,088 minimum to $30,018 maximum.

"Chief grade, $19,700 minimum to $25,613 maximum. "Senior grade, $16,682 minimum to $21,686 maximum. "Intermediate grade, $13,996 minimum to $18,190 maxi

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"Full grade, $11,614 minimum to $15,097 maximum. "Associate grade, $10,012 minimum to $13,018 maximum. "Junior grade, $8,572 minimum to $11,146 maximum.”

"The salary for employees at these rates is limited by section 5308 of title 5 of the United States Code to the rate for level V of the Executive Schedule (as of the effective date of this salary adjustment $36,000)."

Salary Limitations

SEC. 4. Notwithstanding the rates of basic pay or salaries established by sections 1, 2, and 3 of this order, under section 5308 of title 5 of the United States Code no rate of basic pay or salary may be paid which is in excess of the rate now or hereafter provided for level V of the Executive Schedule.

Conversion Rules

SEC. 5. The agencies hereinafter designated shall prescribe such rules as may be necessary to convert the rates of basic pay or salaries of officers and employees to the rates prescribed in this order:

(1) General Schedule, the Civil Service Commission; (2) Schedules for the Department of Medicine and Surgery of the Veterans' Administration, the Veterans' Administration;

(3) Foreign Service schedules, the Department of State.

Effective Date

SEC. 6. This order shall take effect as of the first day of the first applicable pay period beginning on or after October 1, 1972.

RICHARD NIXON.

ADJUSTMENT OF PAY RATES EFFECTIVE JAN. 1, 1972 Ex. Ord. No. 11637, Dec. 22, 1971, 36 F.R. 24911, set out as a note under section 5332 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, provided for the adjustment of pay rates effective Jan. 1, 1972. Sections 2, 4, and 5 of Ex. Ord. No. 11637, which related to the adjustment of pay rates under this section, provided:

SEC. 2. The schedules contained in section 4107 of title 38 of the United States Code, for certain positions within the Department of Medicine and Surgery of the Veterans' • Administration, are adjusted as follows:

"Section 4103 Schedule

"Associate Deputy Chief Medical Director, $36,000. "Assistant Chief Medical Director, $39,693*.

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"Full grade, $11,046 minimum to $14,358 maximum. "Associate grade, $9,524 minimum to $12,377 maximum. "Junior grade, $8,153 minimum to $10,601 maximum." SEC. 4. The agencies hereinafter designated shall prescribe such rules as may be necessary to convert the rates of basic pay or salaries of officers and employees to the rates prescribed in this order:

(1) General Schedule, the Civil Service Commission; (2) Schedules for the Department of Medicine and Surgery of the Veterans' Administration, the Veterans' Administration;

(3) Foreign Service schedules, the Department of State.

SEC. 5. This order shall take effect as of the first day of the first applicable pay period beginning on or after January 1, 1972.

ADJUSTMENT OF PAY RATES EFFECTIVE JAN. 1, 1971

Ex. Ord. No. 11576, Jan. 8, 1971, 36 F.R. 347, set out as a note under section 5332 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, provided for the adjustment of pay rates effective Jan. 1, 1971. Sections 2 and 5 of Ex. Ord. No. 11576, which related to the adjustment of pay rates under this section, provided:

SEC. 2. The schedules contained in section 4107 of title 38 of the United States Code, for certain positions within the Department of Medicine and Surgery of the Veterans' Administration, are adjusted as follows:

"Section 4103 Schedule

"Assistant Chief Medical Director, $37,624*. "Medical Director, $32,546 minimum to $36,886

maximum*.

"Director of Nursing Service, $24,251 minimum to $31,523 maximum.

"Director of Chaplain Service, $24,251 minimum to $31,523 maximum.

"Chief Pharmacist, $24,251 minimum to $31,523 maxi

mum.

"Chief Dietitian, $24,251 minimum to $31,523 maximum.

"The salary for employees at these rates is limited by section 5308 of title 5 of the United States Code, as added by the Federal Pay Comparability Act of 1970, to the rate for level V of the Executive Schedule (as of the effective date of this salary adjustment, $36,000.) "

"Physician and Dentist Schedule

"Director grade, $28,129 minimum to $35,633 maximum. "Executive grade, $26,143 minimum to $33,982 maximum.

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§ 4108. Personnel administration.

(a) Notwithstanding any law, Executive order, or regulation, the Administrator shall prescribe by regulation the hours and conditions of employment and leaves of absence of physicians, dentists, and nurses appointed to the Department of Medicine and Surgery, except that the hours of employment in carrying out responsibilities under this title of any physician, dentist (other than an intern or resident appointed pursuant to section 4114 of this title), or nurse appointed on a full-time basis who accepts responsibilities for carrying out professional services for remuneration other than those assigned under this title, shall consist of not less than eighty hours in a biweekly pay period (as that term is used in section 5504 of title 5), and no such person may

(1) assume responsibility for the medical care of any patient other than a patient admitted for treatment at a Veterans' Administration facility, except in those cases where the individual, upon request and with the approval of the Chief Medical Director, assumes such responsibilities to assist communities or medical practice groups to meet medical needs which would not otherwise be available for a period not to exceed one hundred and eighty calendar days, which may be extended by the Chief Medical Director for additional periods not to exceed one hundred and eighty calendar days each;

(2) teach or provide consultative services at any affiliated institution if such teaching or consultation will, because of its nature or duration, conflict with his responsibilities under this title;

(3) accept payment under any insurance or assistance program established under subchapter XVIII, or XIX of chapter 7 of title 42, or under chapter 55 of title 10 for professional services rendered by him while carrying out his responsibilities under this title;

(4) accept from any source, with respect to any travel performed by him in the course of carrying out his responsibilities under this title, any payment or per diem for such travel, other than as provided for in section 4111 of title 5;

(5) request or permit any individual or organization to pay, on his behalf for insurance insuring him against malpractice claims arising in the

course of carrying out his responsibilities under this title or for his dues or similar fees for membership in medical or dental societies or related professional associations, except where such payments constitute a part of his remuneration for the performance of professional responsibilities permitted under this section, other than those carried out under this title; and

(6) perform, in the course of carrying out his responsibilities under this title, professional services for the purpose of generating money for any fund or account which is maintained by an affiliated institution for the benefit of such institution, or for his personal benefit, or both, and in the case of any such fund or account established before the effective date of this subsection

(A) the affiliated institution shall submit semiannually an accounting to the Administrator and to the Comptroller General of the United States with respect to such fund or account, and thereafter shall maintain such fund or account subject to full public disclosure and audit by the Administrator and the Comptroller General for a period of three years or for such longer period as the Administrator shall prescribe, and

(B) no physician, dentist, or nurse may receive, after the effective date of this subsection, any cash from amounts deposited in such fund or account derived from services performed prior to the effective date of this subsection. (b) As used in this section, the term "affiliated institution" means any medical school or other institution of higher learning with which the Administrator has a contract or agreement pursuant to section 4112(b) of this title for the training or education of health manpower.

(c) As used in this section, the term "remuneration" means the receipt of any amount of monetary benefit from any non-Veterans' Administration source in payment for carrying out any professional responsibilities. (Added Pub. L. 93-82, title II, § 204 (a), Aug. 2, 1973, 87 Stat. 190.)

CODIFICATION

A prior section 4108, Pub. L. 85-857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1246; Pub. L. 86-568, title I, § 114(g), July 1, 1960, 74 Stat. 301; Pub. L. 87-574, § 3, Aug. 6, 1962, 76 Stat. 308; Pub. L. 87-793, § 803 (a), Oct. 11, 1962, 76 Stat. 860, relating to Administration, was repealed by section 204(a) of Pub. L. 93-82.

EFFECTIVE DATE

Section effective Sept. 1, 1973, see section 501 of Pub. L. 93-82, set out as a note under section 601 of this title.

§ 4109. Retirement rights.

Persons appointed to the Department of Medicine and Surgery shall be subject to the provisions of and entitled to benefits under chapter 83 of title 5. (As amended Pub. L. 93-82, title II, § 205(a), Aug. 2, 1973, 87 Stat. 192.)

AMENDMENTS

1973-Pub. L. 93-82 substituted "chapter 83 of title 5" for "the Civil Service Retirement Act".

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1973 AMENDMENT

Amendment by Pub. L. 93-82 effective Sept. 1, 1973, see section 501 of Pub. L. 93-82, set out as a note under section 601 of this title.

§ 4112. Special Medical Advisory Group and Other Advisory Bodies.

(b) In each case where the Administrator 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 manpower, he shall establish an advisory committee (that is, deans committee, medical advisory committee or the like). Such advisory committee shall advise the Administrator and the Chief Medical Director with respect to policy matters arising in connection with, and the operation of, the program with respect to which it was appointed and may be established on an institutionwide, multidisciplinary basis or on a regional basis whenever such is found to be feasible. Members of each such advisory committee shall be appointed by the Administrator and shall include personnel of the Veterans' Administration and of the entity with which the Administrator has entered into such contract or agreement. The number of members and terms of members of each advisory committee shall be prescribed by the Administrator. (As amended Pub. L. 93-82, title II, § 205(b), Aug. 2, 1973, 87 Stat. 192.)

AMENDMENTS

1973-Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 93-82 substituted "training or education of health manpower" for "training or education of health service personnel".

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1973 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 93-82 effective Sept. 1, 1973, see section 501 of Pub. L. 93-82, set out as a note under section 601 of this title.

TERMINATION OF ADVISORY COMMITTEES Advisory Committees in existence on January 5, 1973, to terminate not later than the expiration of the two-year period following January 5, 1973, unless, in the case of a committee established by the President or an officer of the Federal Government, such committee is renewed by appropriate action prior to the expiration of such two-year period, or in the case of a committee established by the Congress, its duration is otherwise provided by law, see section 14 of Pub. L. 92-463, Oct. 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 776, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organziation and Employees.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in sections 4108, 4124, 5070, of this title.

§ 4114. Temporary full-time, part-time, and without compensation appointments; residences or internships.

(a) (1)

(3) (A) Temporary full-time appointments of physicians, dentists, and nurses may exceed ninety days only if the Chief Medical Director finds that circumstances render it impracticable to obtain the necessary services through appointments under paragraph (1) of section 4104 of this title. Temporary full-time appointments of persons who have successfully completed a full course of nursing in a recognized school of nursing, approved by the Administrator, and are pending registration as a graduate nurse in a State, shall not exceed one year. Temporary full-time appointments of other personnel shall not exceed one year.

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(b) (1) The Administrator shall have authority to establish residencies and internships; to appoint qualified persons to such positions without regard to civil-service or classification laws, rules, or regulations; and to prescribe the conditions of such employment, including necessary training, and the customary amount and terms of pay during the period of such employment and training.

(2) For the purposes of this title, the term "intern" shall include an internship or the equivalency thereof, as determined in accordance with regulations which the Administrator shall prescribe.

(3) In order to carry out more efficiently the provisions of paragraph (1) of this subsection, the Administrator may contract with one or more hospitals, medical schools, or medical installations having hospital facilities and participating with the Veterans' Administration in the training of interns or residents to provide for the central administration of stipend payments, provision of fringe benefits, and maintenance of records for such interns and residents by the designation of one such institution to serve as a central administrative agency for this purpose. The Administrator may pay to such designated agency, without regard to any other law or regulation governing the expenditure of Government moneys either in advance or in arrears, an amount to cover the cost for the period such intern or resident serves in a Veterans' Administration hospital of (A) stipends fixed by the Administrator pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection, (B) hospitalization, medical care, and life insurance, and any other employee benefits as are agreed upon by the participating institutions for the period that such intern or resident serves in a Veterans' Administration hospital, (C) tax on employers pursuant to chapter 21 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, where applicable, and in addition, (D) an amount to cover a pro rata share of the cost of expense of such central administrative agency. Any amounts paid by the Administrator to such central administrative agency to cover the cost of hospitalization, medical care, or life insurance or other employee benefits shall be in lieu of any benefits of like nature to which such intern or resident may be entitled under the provisions of title 5, and the acceptance of stipends and employee benefits from the designated central administrative agency shall constitute a waiver by the recipient of any claim he might have to any payment of stipends or employee benefits to which he may be entitled under this title or title 5. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any period of service of any such intern or resident in a Veterans' Administration hospital shall be deemed creditable service for the purposes of section 8332 of title 5. The agreement may further provide that the designated central administrative agency shall make all appropriate deductions from the stipend of each intern and resident for local, State, and Federal taxes, maintain all records pertinent thereto and make proper deposits thereof, and shall maintain all records pertinent to the leave accrued by such intern and resident for the period during which he serves in a participating hospital, including a Veterans' Administration hospital. Such leave may be pooled, and the intern or resident may be afforded leave by the

hospital in which he is serving at the time the leave is to be used to the extent of his total accumulated leave, whether or not earned at the hospital in which he is serving at the time the leave is to be afforded.

(e) The program of training prescribed by the Administrator in order to qualify a person for the position of full-time physician's assistant or dentist's assistant shall be considered a full-time institutional program for purposes of chapter 34 of this title. The Administrator may consider training for such a position to be on a less than full-time basis for purposes of such chapter when the combined classroom (and other formal instruction) portion of the program and the on-the-job training portion of the program total less than 30 hours per week. (As amended Pub. L. 93-82, title II, § 206, Aug. 2, 1973, 87 Stat. 192.)

AMENDMENTS

1973-Subsec. (a)(3)(A). Pub. L. 93-82, § 206(1), increased the period for which temporary appointments can be made from ninety days to one year.

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 93-82, § 206(2), designated existing provisions as par. (1) and added pars. (2) and (3). Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 93-82, § 206(3), added subsec. (e). EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1973 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 93-82 effective Sept. 1, 1973, see section 501 of Pub. L. 93-82, set out as a note under section 601 of this title.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in section 4108 of this title.

§ 4116. Defense of certain malpractice and negligence suits.

(a) The remedy

(1) against the United States provided by sections 1346(b) and 2672 of title 28, or

(2) through proceedings for compensation or other benefits from the United States as provided by any other law, where the availability of such benefits precludes a remedy under section 1346(b) or 2672 of title 28,

for damages for personal injury, including death, allegedly arising from malpractice or negligence of a physician, dentist, nurse, physicians' assistant, dentists' assistant, pharmacist, or paramedical (for example, medical and dental technicians, nursing assistants, and therapists) or other supporting personnel in furnishing medical care or treatment while in the exercise of his duties in or for the Department of Medicine and Surgery shall hereafter be exclusive of any other civil action or proceeding by reason of the same subject matter against such physician, dentist, nurse, physicians' assistant, dentists' assistant, pharmacist, or paramedical or other supporting personnel (or his estate) whose act or omission gave rise to such claim.

(c) Upon a certification by the Attorney General that the defendant was acting in the scope of his employment in or for the Department of Medicine and Surgery at the time of the incident out of which the suit arose, any such civil action or proceeding commenced in a State court shall be removed without bond at any time before trial by the Attorney General to the district court of the United States of the district and division embracing the place

wherein it is pending and the proceeding deemed a tort action brought against the United States under the provisions of title 28 and all references thereto. After removal the United States shall have available all defenses to which it would have been entitled if the action had originally been commenced against the United States. Should a United States district court determine on a hearing on a motion to remand held before a trial on the merits that the employee whose act or omission gave rise to the suit was not acting within the scope of his office or employment, the case shall be remanded to the State court.

(e) The Administrator may, to the extent he deems appropriate, hold harmless or provide liability insurance for any person to whom the immunity provisions of this section apply (as directed in subsection (a) of this section), for damage for personal injury or death, or for property damage, negligently caused by such person while furnishing medical care or treatment (including the conduct of clinical studies or investigations) in the exercise of his duties in or for the Department of Medicine and Surgery, if such person is assigned to a foreign country, detailed to State or political division thereof, or is acting under any other circumstances which would preclude the remedies of an injured third person against the United States, provided by sections 1346(b) and 2672 of title 28, for such damage or injury. (As amended Pub. L. 93-82, title II, § 207, Aug. 2, 1973, 87 Stat. 193.)

AMENDMENTS

1973-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 93-82, § 207(1), extended protection to cases where Federal Tort Claims actions would not lie, but actions could still be brought against Veterans' Administration employee personally for actions arising in the exercise of his duties, and added reference to physicians' assistants and dentists' assistants.

Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 93-82, § 207(2), substituted provisions that after removal to the federal district court, the United States shall have all defenses to which it would have been entitled if the action was originally commenced against the United States and that should the court find that the employee whose act or omission gave rise to the suit was not acting within the scope of his office or employment, the case be remanded to the state court, for provisions that should the district court determine that the case was one in which a remedy under subsec. (a) of this section was not available, the case be remanded to the state court.

Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 93-82, § 207(3), added subsec. (e). EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1973 AMENDMENT

Amendment by Pub. L. 93-82 effective Sept. 1, 1973, see section 501 of Pub. L. 93-82, set out as a note under section 601 of this title.

§ 4117. Contracts for scarce medical specialist services. The Administrator may enter into contracts with medical schools, clinics, and any other group or individual capable of furnishing such services to provide scarce medical specialist services at Veterans' Administration facilities (including, but not limited to, services of physicians, dentists, nurses, physicians' assistants, dentists' assistants, technicians, and other medical support personnel). (As amended Pub. L. 93-82, title II, § 208, Aug. 2, 1973, 87 Stat. 194.)

AMENDMENTS

1973-Pub. L. 93-82 extended the authority of the Administrator to enter into contracts with any group or

individual capable of furnishing the required services, and substituted "physicians, dentists, nurses, physicians' assistants, dentists' assistants, technicians, and other medical support personnel" for "radiologists, pathologists, and psychiatrists".

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1973 AMENDMENT

Amendment by Pub. L. 93-82 effective Sept. 1, 1973, see section 501 of Pub. L. 93-82, set out as a note under section 601 of this title.

SUBCHAPTER II.-REGIONAL MEDICAL

EDUCATION CENTERS

§ 4121. Designation of Regional Medical Education Centers.

(a) In carrying out his functions under section 4101 of this title with regard to the training of health manpower, the Administrator shall implement a pilot program under which he shall designate as Regional Medical Education Centers such Veterans' Administration hospitals as he determines appropriate to carry out the provisions of this subchapter in geographically dispersed areas of the United States.

(b) Each Regional Medical Education Center (hereinafter in this subchapter referred to as "Center") designated under subsection (a) of this section shall provide in-residence continuing medical and related education programs for medical and health personnel eligible for training under this subchapter, including (1) the teaching of newly developed medical skills and the use of newly developed medical technologies and equipment, (2) advanced clinical instruction, (3) the opportunity for conducting clinical investigations, (4) clinical demonstrations in the utilization of new types of health personnel and in the better utilization of the skills of existing health personnel, and (5) routine verification of basic medical skills and, where determined necessary, remediation of any deficiency in such skills. (Added Pub. L. 92-541, § 3(a), Oct. 24, 1972, 86 Stat. 1107.)

§ 4122. Supervision and staffing of Centers.

(a) Centers shall be operated under the supervision of the Chief Medical Director and staffed with personnel qualified to provide the highest quality instruction and training in various medical and health care disciplines.

(b) As a means of providing appropriate recognition to individuals in the career service of the Department of Medicine and Surgery who possess outstanding qualifications in a particular medical or health care discipline, the Chief Medical Director shall from time to time and for such period as he deems appropriate assign such individuals to serve as visiting instructors at Centers.

(c) Whenever he deems it necessary for the effective conduct of the program provided for under this subchapter, the Chief Medical Director is authorized to contract for the services of highly qualified medical and health personnel from outside the Veterans' Administration to serve as instructors at such Centers. (Added Pub. L. 92-541, § 3(a), Oct. 24, 1972, 86 Stat. 1107.)

§ 4123. Personnel eligible for training.

The Chief Medical Director shall determine the manner in which personnel are to be selected for training in the Centers. Preference shall be given to career personnel of the Department of Medicine

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