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PUBLIC LAW 85-462-JUNE 20, 1958 "NURSING SERVICE

"Assistant Director, $8,330 minimum to $9,530 maximum. "Senior grade, $7,030 minimum to $8,230 maximum. "Full ^rade, $5,985 minimum to $6,885 maximum. "Associate grade, $5,205 minimum to $6,165 maximum. "Junior grade, $4,425 minimum to $5,385 maximum." (g) Section 1408(d) of such Act, prescribing the maximum amount of pay and allowances of medical, surgical, and dental specialists of the Department of Medicine and Surgery of the Veterans' Administration, is amended to read as follows: " (d) Any person, rated as a medical, surgical, or dental specialist under the provisions of this section or prior corresponding provisions of law, shall receive, in addition to his basic pay, an allowance equal to 15 percent of such pay, but in no event shall the pay plus the allowance authorized by this subsection exceed $16,000 per annum." (h) Section 1411 of such Act, relating to appointment of additional employees, is amended— (1) by inserting " (a) " immediately following "SEC. 1411."; and (2) by adding at the end thereof the following: "(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the per annum rate of salary of each individual serving as a manager of a hospital, domiciliary, or center who is not a physician in the medical service shall not be less than the rate of salary which he would receive under section 1407 if his service as a manager of a hospital, domiciliary, or center had been service as a physician in the medical service in the chief grade. This subsection shall not affect the allocation of any position of manager of a hospital, domiciliary, or center to any grade of the General Schedule of the Classification Act of 1949, except with respect to changes in rate of salary pursuant to the preceding sentence, and shall not affect the applicability of the Performance Rating Act of 1950 to any individual." (i) Paragraph (2) of section 1404 of such Act, relating to additional appointments, is amended to read as follows: " (2) Managers, pharmacists, physical therapists, occupational therapists, dietitians, and other scientific and professional personnel, such as optometrists, pathologists, bacteriologists, chemists, biostatisticians, and medical and dental technologists." (j) Paragraph (5) of section 1405 of such Act, relating to qualifications of appointees, is amended— (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) and (C) thereof as subparagraphs (C) and (D) thereof, respectively; and (2) by inserting immediately below subparagraph (A) thereof the following: " (B) optometrist— "be licensed to practice optometry in one of the States, Territories, or Commonwealths of the United States, or in the District of Columbia;". SEC. 6. (a) The Foreign Service Act of 1946 is amended as follows: (1) The third sentence of section 412 of such Act (22 U.S.C. 867) is amended by striking out "$17,500" and inserting in lieu thereof "$19,250". (2) The fourth sentence of section 412 of such Act is amended to read as follows: "The per annum salaries of Foreign Service officers within each of the other classes shall be as follows:

38 USC 3408.

38 USC 3411.

38 USC 3407.

63 Stat. 954. 5 USC 1071 note. 64 Stat. 1098. 5 USC 2001 note. 38 USC 3404.

38 USC 3405.

Foreign Service. 60 Stat. 1003. 22 USC 867.

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