Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 94 Part 1.djvu/1082

 94 STAT. 1032

Incentive special pay for dentists.

Incentive special pay for part-time physicians.

PUBLIC LAW 96-330—AUG. 26, 1980

be determined by the Chief Medical Director pursuant to such regulations) of not less than $2,000 nor more than $5,000. "(2) In the case of eligible full-time dentists appointed under this chapter, the Administrator shall provide, in addition to the primary special pay provided for in subsection (b)(2) of this section and in accordance with regulations prescribed to carry out this section, incentive special pay of not more than $7,500 to any eligible dentist. In prescribing such regulations to carry out this paragraph, the Administrator shall take into account only the following factors and may pay no more than the following per annum amounts of incentive special pay to any full-time dentist eligible therefor: "(A)(i) For full-time status, $1,000. "(ii) For tenure of service within the Department of Medicine and Surgery— "(I) of two years but less than seven years, $500; and "(II) of seven years or more, $1,000. "(iii) For service in a dental specialty with respect to which the Chief Medical Director has determined, pursuant to such regulations, that there are extraordinary difficulties in the recruitment or retention of qualified dentists, an amount (to be determined by the Chief Medical Director pursuant to such regulations) of not less than $2,000 nor more than $7,500. "(B) For service— "(i) as a Service Chief (or in a comparable position as determined by the Chief Medical Director), $2,750; "(ii) as a Chief of Staff or in an Executive Grade, $3,500; "(iii) as a Deputy Service Director or in a Director Grade, $3,625; "(iv) as a Service Director, $3,750; "(v) as a Deputy Assistant Chief Medical Director, $4,000, or "(vi) as an Assistant Chief Medical Director, $4,250. "(C) For service in a specific geographic location with respect to which the Chief Medical Director has determined, pursuant to such regulations, that there are extraordinary difficulties in the recruitment or retention of qualified dentists in the specific category of dentists, an amount (to be determined by the Chief Medical Director pursuant to such regulations) of not less than $1,750 nor more than $2,500. "(3) In the case of eligible part-time physicians appointed under this chapter, the Administrator shall provide, in addition to the primary special pay provided for in subsection (b)(3) of this section and in accordance with regulations prescribed to carry out this section, incentive special pay of not more than $15,500 to any eligible physician. In prescribing such regulations to carry out this paragraph, the Administrator shall take into account only the following factors and may pay no more than a proportional amount of the following per annum amounts of incentive special pay to any parttime physician eligible therefor, which proportional amount shall be calculated on the basis of the proportion which the part-time employment in the Department of Medicine and Surgery of such physician bears to full-time employment: "(A)(i) For tenure of service within the Department of Medicine and Surgery— "(I) of more than two years but less than five years, $750; "(II) of five years but less than eight years, $1,500; and "(III) of eight years or more, $2,250.

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