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 PUBLIC LAW 94-123—OCT. 22, 1975 (f) In preparing the report required by subsection (d) of this section, the Comptroller General shall consult with the Chief Medical Director of the Veterans' Administration and with the heads of other appropriate Federal departments and agencies. (g) The heads of all Federal departments and agencies shall fully cooperate with and respond expeditiously to all reasonable requests for information and assistance in connection with the preparation of the reports required by this section. (h) The Administrator of Veterans' Affairs shall submit to the appropriate Committees of the House of Representatives and the Senate reports, prepared by the Chief Medical Director, specifying the effect on the administration and achievement of the mission of the Department of Medicine and Surgery of the alternative courses and recommended course of action identified in the reports required by this section. Each such report shall be submitted no later than one hundred and twenty days after the date on which such other report in question is submitted to the Congress. SEC. 5. Chapter 73 of title 38, United States Code is amended as follows: (a) Clause (1) of section 4104 is amended to read as follows: "(1) Physicians, dentists, nurses, physicians' assistants, and expanded-duty dental auxiliaries;". (b) Section 4105 is amended by— (1) inserting at the end of subsection (a) the following new paragraph: "(8) Physicians' assistants and expanded-duty dental auxiliaries shall have such medical or dental and technical qualifications and experience as the Administrator shall prescribe."; and (2) striking out in subsection (b) "or nurse unless he" and inserting in lieu thereof "nurse, physicians' assistant, or expandedduty dental auxiliary unless such person". (c) Section 4106 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(f) The provisions of this section shall apply to physicians' assistants and expanded-duty dental auxiliaries.". (d) Section 4107 is amended by^— (1) inserting before the period at the end of the third sentence of paragraph (5) of subsection (e) a comma and "except as voluntarily requested in writing by the nurse in question"; and (2) inserting at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(f) Under standards which the Administrator shall prescribe in regulations, physicians' assistants and expanded-duty dental auxiliaries shall be compensated by use of Nurse Schedule grade titles and related pay ranges and shall be entitled to additional pay on the same basis as provided for nurses in paragraphs (2) through (8) of subsection (e) of this section.". (e) Section 4108 is amended by— (1) striking out in the language preceding clause (1) in subsection (a) "and nurses" and inserting in lieu thereof a comma and "nurses, physicians' assistants, and expanded-duty dental auxiliaries"; and (2) striking out "or nurse" in the same language in such subsection and in clause (6)(B) thereof and inserting in lieu thereof

89 STAT. 675 Consultation.

Agency cooperation.

Report to congressional committees.

38 USC 4104.

38 USC 4105.

38 USC 4106.

38 USC 4107.

38 USC 4108.

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