Public Law 117-96


 * Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ROLE OF DOCTORS OF PODIATRIC MEDICINE IN DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

 * (a) CLARIFICATION OF ROLE.—Section 7306 of title 38, United States Code, is amended—
 * (1) in subsection (a)—
 * (A) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘a Director of Podiatric Service,’’;
 * (B) by redesignating paragraph (10) as paragraph (11); and
 * (C) by inserting after paragraph (9) the following new paragraph:
 * ‘‘(10) A Podiatric Medical Director, who shall be a qualified doctor of podiatric medicine and who shall be responsible to the Under Secretary for Health for the operation of the Podiatric Service.’’;
 * (2) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting ‘‘podiatric medicine,’’ after ‘‘doctors of medicine,’’; and
 * (3) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘and (8)’’ and inserting ‘‘(8), and (10)’’
 * (b) CLARIFICATION OF PAY GRADE.—Section 7404 of title 38, United States Code, is amended—
 * (1) in subsection (a)(2), by inserting ‘‘, podiatrists,’’ after ‘‘physicians’’; and
 * (2) in subsection (b), in the first heading of the list following the colon, by striking ‘‘PODIATRIST’’ and inserting ‘‘PODIATRIST (DPM)’’.

Approved March 14, 2022.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY

 * H.R. 2545:
 * CONGRESSIONAL RECORD:
 * Vol. 167 (2021):
 * June 15, considered and passed House.
 * Vol. 168 (2022): Mar. 7, considered and passed Senate.