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PUBLIC LAW 93-82-AUG. 2, 1973

[87 STAT.

each hour of service on such tour at a rate equal to 25 per centum of such nurse's basic hourly rate. "(4) A nurse performing service on a holiday designated by Federal statute or Executive order shall receive such nurse's regular rate of basic pay, plus additional pay at a rate equal to such regular rate of basic pay, for that holiday work, including overtime work. Any service required to be performed by a nurse on such a designated holiday shall be deemed to be a minimum of two hours in duration. "(5) A nurse performing officially ordered or approved hours of service in excess of forty hours in an administrative workweek, or in excess of eight hours in a day, shall receive overtime pay for each hour of such additional service; the overtime rates shall be one and one-half times such iiurse's basic hourly rate, not to exceed one and one-half times the basic hourly rate for the minimum rate of Intermediate grade of the Nurse Schedule. For the purposes of this paragraph, overtime must be of at least fifteen minutes duration in a day to be creditable for overtime pay. Compensatory time off in lieu of pay for service performed under the provisions of this paragraph shall not be permitted. Any excess service performed under this paragraph on a day when service was not scheduled for such nurse, or for which such nurse is required to return to her place of employment, shall be deemed to be a minimum of two hours in duration. Computation of ^^(^) For the purpose of computing the additional compensation p y. provided by paragraph (2), (3), (4), or (5) of this subsection, a nurse's basic hourly rate shall be derived by dividing such nurse's annual rate of basic compensation by two thousand and eighty. "(7) When a nurse is entitled to two or more forms of additional pay under paragraph (2), (3), (4), or (5) for the same period of duty, the amounts of such additional pay shall be computed separately on the basis of such nurse's basic hourly rate of pay, except that no overtime pay as provided in paragraph (5) shall be payable for overtime service performed on a holiday designated by. Federal statute or Executive order in addition to pay received under paragraph (4) for such service. "(8) A nurse who is officially scheduled to be on call outside such nurse's regular hours shall be compensated for each hour of such on-call duty, except for such time as such nurse may be called back to work, at a rate equal to 10 per centum of the hourly rate for excess service as provided in paragraph (5) of this subsection. "(9) Any additional compensation paid pursuant to this subsection shall not be considered as basic compensation for the purposes of subchapter VI and section 5595 of subchapter IX of chapter 55, chapter 81, „qj^^^ ^551' 83, or 87 of title 5, or other benefits based on basic compensation.". 8701.' ' '' ' ' ° ' ' SEC. 204. (a) Section 4108 of title 38, United States Code, is amended 76 Stat. 860. to read as follows: "§ 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 Post, p. 192. 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 80 Stat. 475. ^j^g \^^^ term is used in section 5504 of title 5), and no such person may—

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