Physician assistants and other health care professionals: additional pay
(a)
section 7453 of this title Physician assistants and expanded-function dental auxiliaries shall be entitled to additional pay on the same basis as provided for nurses in .
(b)(1)
section 7401(3) of this titlesection 7453 of this title When the Secretary determines it to be necessary in order to obtain or retain the services of individuals in positions listed in , the Secretary may, on a nationwide, local, or other geographic basis, pay persons employed in such positions additional pay on the same basis as provided for nurses in .
(2)
section 7453(c) of this title Health care professionals employed in positions referred to in paragraph (1) shall be entitled to additional pay on the same basis as provided for nurses in .
(3)
section 7408 of this title Employees appointed under performing service on a tour of duty, any part of which is within the period commencing at midnight Friday and ending at midnight Sunday, shall receive additional pay in addition to the rate of basic pay provided such employees for each hour of service on such tour at a rate equal to 25 percent of such employee’s hourly rate of basic pay.
(c)
The Secretary shall prescribe by regulation standards for compensation and payment under this section.
section 4107(f) of this titlePub. L. 102–40Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in prior to the repeal of that section as part of the complete revision of chapter 73 of this title by .
Pub. L. 108–170, § 301(d)section 7401(3) of this title2003—Subsec. (b)(1). , substituted “individuals in positions listed in ,” for “certified or registered respiratory therapists, licensed physical therapists, licensed practical or vocational nurses, pharmacists, or occupational therapists,”.
“The amendments made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall apply with respect to pay periods beginning on or after the date of the enactment of this Act [].”