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PUBLIC LAW 85-5&-JUNE 17, 1967

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of learning, with the consent of the authorities concerned, full-time professional, technical, and medical administrative employees of outstanding ability employed in the Department of Medicine and Surgery, other than temporary employees appointed under section 1414 (a), on duty for a period not to exceed two hundred and eighty days in a year, for the purpose of increasing their professional knowledge or technical training in fields of medical education, research, and related sciences and occupations, or their proficiency in medical administrative techniques and which will materially contribute to the medical care and treatment of veterans and the more effective functioning of the Department of Medicine and Surgery; however, the number of any one class of employees placed upon such duty at any one time shall not exceed 5 per centum of full-time personnel of such class employed in the Department, and no full-time employee with less than two years of experience in the service of the Veterans' Administration shall be placed upon such duty for a full academic year or the equivalent thereof. (2) The Administrator is authorized, subject to available appropriations, to pay for tuition, transportation, and educational fees of personnel placed on duty under the provisions of paragraph (1) of this subsection, (c) Any person authorized to attend a course of training shall be required to reimburse the Veterans' Administration the expenses thereof if he voluntarily leaves the service within two years after completion of such course. TEMPORARY A N D PART-TIME APPOINTMENTS

SEC. 1414. (a) The Administrator, upon the recommendation of the Chief Medical Director, may employ, without regard to the Classification Act of 1949, physicians, dentists, and nurses, on a ternp o r a r j full-time, part-time, or fee basis; and dietitians, social workers, librarians, and such other professional, clerical, technical, and unskilled.personnel, in addition to personnel described in section 1403, paragraph (1) of section 1404, and section 1411, on a temporary fulltime or part-time basis at such rates of pay as he may prescribe. No temporary full-time appointment shall be for a period of more than ninety days. (b) 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. REGULATIONS

SEC. 1415, The Chief Medical Director with the approval of the Administrator, unless specifically otherwise provided, shall promulgate all regulations necessary to the administration of the Department of Medicine and Surgery and consistent with existing law, including regulations relating to travel, transportation of household goods and effects, and deductions from pay for quarters and subsistence; and to the custody, use, and preservation of the records, papers, and property of the Department of Medicine and Surgery.

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