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 76 STAT.]

PUBLIC LAW 87-793-OCT. 11, 1962

859

TITLE IV—DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY IN THE VETERANS' ADMINISTRATION

SEC. 801. (a) Section 4103 of title 38 of the United States Code, relating to the appointment and annual salaries of the Chief Medical Director and certain other officers of the Department of Medicine and Surgery of the Veterans' Administration, is amended by striking out the words "not to exceed eight Assistant Chief Medical Directors" in subsection (a) and inserting in lieu thereof the words "not to exceed five Assistant Chief Medical Directors, such Medical Directors as may be designated to suit the needs of the Department,". (b) Such section is further amended by striking out subsections (d) to (i), inclusive, and inserting in.lieu thereof the following: " (d) Each Assistant Chief Medical Director shall be appointed by the Administrator upon the recommendation of the Chief Medical Director and shall be paid a salary of $20,000 a year. "One Assistant Chief Medical Director shall be a qualified doctor of dental surgery or dental medicine who shall be directly responsible to the Chief Medical Director for the operations of the Dental Service. "(e) Medical Directors, during their period of service as such, shall be paid a salary of $18,500 minimum to $19,500 maximum a year. " (f) The Director of Nursing Service shall be a qualified registered nurse, appointed by the Administrator, and shall be responsible to the Chief Medical Director for the operation of the Nursing Service. During the period of service as such, the Director of Nursing Service shall be paid, effective on the first day of the first pay period beginning on or after— "the date of enactment of the Federal Salary Reform Act of 1962, a salary of $14,565 minimum to $17,925 maximum a year; "January 1, 1964, a salary of $15,665 minimum to $19,270 maximum a year, " (g) The Administrator may appoint a chief pharmacist and a chief dietitian. During the period of his service as such, the chief pharmacist and the chief dietitian shall be paid, effective on the first day of the first pay period beginning on or after— "the date of enactment of the Federal Salary Reform Act of 1962, a salary of $14,565 minimum to $17,925 maximum a year; "January 1, 1964, a salary of $15,665 minimum to $19,270 maximum a year. " (h) Except as provided in subsection (j), any appointment under this section shall be for a period of four years but persons so appointed shall be subject to removal by the Administrator for cause. "(i) Reappointments may be made for successive like periods. " (j) The Administrator may designate a member of the Chaplain Service of the Veterans' Administration as Director, Chaplain Service, for a period of two years, subject to removal by the Administrator for cause. During the period that any such member serves as Director, Chaplain Service, he shall be paid a salary, as determined by the Administrator, within the minimum and maximum salary limitations prescribed for grade GS-15 positions by the Classification Act of 1949, as amended. Redesignations under this subsection may be made for successive like periods. An individual designated as Director, Chaplain Service, shall at the end of his period of service as Director revert to the position, grade, and status which he held immediately prior to being designated Director, Chaplain Service, and all service as Director, Chaplain Service, shall be creditable as service in the former position."

72 Stat. 1243; 74 Stat. 300.

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p. 841.

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p. 843.

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