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PUBLIC LAW 87-649-SEPT. 7, 1962

[76 STAT.

§ 302. Special pay:. physicians and dentists (a) In addition to any other basic pay, special pay, incentive pay, or allowances to which he is entitled, each of the following officers is entitled to special pay at the rates set forth in subsection (b) of this section: (1) a commissioned officer— (A) of the Regular Army or the Regular Navy who is in the Medical or Dental Corps of the Army or the Navy, as the case may be; (B) of the Regular Air Force who is designated as a medical or dental officer of the Air Force; or (C) who is a medical or dental officer of the Regular Corps of the Public Health Service; who was on active duty on September 1, 1947; who retired before that date and was ordered to active duty after that date and before July 1, 1963; or who was appointed or designated as such an officer after September 1, 1947, and before July 1, 1963; (2) a commissioned officer— (A) of a reserve component of the Army or Navy who is in the Medical or Dental Corps of the Army or the Navy, as the case may be; (B) of a reserve component of the Air Force, of the Army or the Air Force without specification of component, or of the National Guard, who is designated as a medical or dental officer of the Army or the Air Force, as the case may be; or (C) who is a medical or dental officer of the Reserve Corps of the Public Health Service; who, after September 1, 1947, and before July 1, 1963, was ordered to active duty for a period of at least one year; and (3) a general officer of the Army or the Air Force appointed, from any of the categories named in clause (1) or (2), in the Army, the Air Force, or the National Guard, as the case may be, who was on active duty on September 1, 1947; who was retired before that date and was ordered to active duty after that date and before July 1, 1963; or who, after September 1, 1947, was appointed from any of those categories. However, an officer is not entitled to the special pay provided by this section while he is serving as a medical or dental intern. (b) The amount of special pay to which an officer covered by subsection (a) of this section is entitled is— (1) $100 a month for each month of active duty if he has not completed two years of active duty in a category named in that subsection; (2) $150 a month for each month of active duty if he has completed at least two years of active duty in a category named in that subsection; (3) $200 a month for each month of active duty if he has completed at least six years of active duty in a category named in that subsection; and (4) $250 a month for each month of active duty if he has completed at least 10 years of active duty in a category named in that subsection. (c) The amounts set forth in subsection (b) of this section may not be included in computing the amount of an increase in pay authorized by any other provision of this title or in computing retired pay or severance pay.

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