2018 US Code
Title 5 - Government Organization and Employees
Part III - Employees
Subpart D - Pay and Allowances
Chapter 53 - Pay Rates and Systems
Subchapter VII - Miscellaneous Provisions
Sec. 5371 - Health care positions
| 5 U.S.C. § 5371 (2018) | ||||||
| §5371. Health care positions | ||||||
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(a) For the purposes of this section, "health care" means direct patient-care services or services incident to direct patient-care services. (b) The Office of Personnel Management may, with respect to any employee described in subsection (c), provide that 1 or more provisions of chapter 74 of title 38 shall apply— (1) in lieu of any provision of chapter 51 or 61, subchapter V of chapter 55, or any other provision of this chapter; or (2) notwithstanding any lack of specific authority for a matter with respect to which chapter 51 or 61, subchapter V of chapter 55, or this chapter, relates. (c) Authority under subsection (b) may be exercised with respect to any employee holding a position— (1) to which chapter 51 applies, excluding any Senior Executive Service position and any position in the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Drug Enforcement Administration Senior Executive Service; and (2) which involves health care responsibilities. |
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(Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 473, §5361; renumbered §5371 and amended Pub. L. 95–454, title VIII, §801(a)(3)(A)(ii), title IX, §906(a)(2), Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 1221, 1224; Pub. L. 101–509, title V, §529 [title II, §205(A)], Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1427, 1456; Pub. L. 102–378, §2(31), Oct. 2, 1992, 106 Stat. 1350.) |
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The authority to fix rates of pay is added on authority of former section 1161, which is carried into section 3104. For repeal of the Act of Aug. 1, 1947, ch. 433, 61 Stat. 715, as amended, see revision note for section 3104. Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report. AMENDMENTS1992—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 102–378 substituted "chapter 74" for "chapter 73" in introductory provisions and inserted "subchapter V of chapter 55," after "61," in pars. (1) and (2). 1990—Pub. L. 101–509 amended section generally, substituting designated provisions directing that Office of Personnel Management may provide that chapter 73 of title 38 provisions apply to certain health care professionals for undesignated text authorizing agency heads to fix pay rates for scientific and professional positions at between GS–16 and GS–18 rates. 1978—Pub. L. 95–454, §906(a)(2), substituted "Office of Personnel Management" for "Civil Service Commission". EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1990 AMENDMENTAmendment by Pub. L. 101–509 effective on such date as the President shall determine, but not earlier than 90 days, and not later than 180 days, after Nov. 5, 1990, see section 529 [title III, §305] of Pub. L. 101–509, set out as a note under section 5301 of this title. EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1978 AMENDMENTAmendment by section 906(a)(2) of Pub. L. 95–454 effective 90 days after Oct. 13, 1978, see section 907 of Pub. L. 95–454, set out as a note under section 1101 of this title. |
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| Title 5 - GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES PART III - EMPLOYEES Subpart D - Pay and Allowances CHAPTER 53 - PAY RATES AND SYSTEMS SUBCHAPTER VII - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS Sec. 5371 - Health care positions |
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| 61 Stat. 715 75 Stat. 790 76 Stat. 863 80 Stat. 473 92 Stat. 1221 104 Stat. 1427 106 Stat. 1350 |
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| Public Law 87-367, Public Law 87-793, Public Law 89-554, Public Law 95-454, Public Law 101-509, Public Law 102-378 |
