Pub. L. 93-82, tit. II, sec. 203

Sec. 203. Section 4107 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by— (1) amending subsections (a) and (b) to read as follows: “(a) The per annum full-pay scale or ranges for positions provided in section 4103 of this title, oilier than Chief Medical Director and Deputy Chief Medical Director, shall be as follows: “Section 4103 Schedule “Associate Deputy Chief Medical Director, at the annual rate provided in section 5316 of title 5 for positions in level V of the Executive Schedule. 87 Stat. 189 “Assistant Chief Medical Director, $41,734. “Medical Director, $36,103 minimum to $40,915 maximum. “Director of Nursing Service, $36,103 minimum to $40,915 maximum. “Director of Chaplain Service, $31,203 minimum to $39,523 maximum. “Director of Pharmacy Service, $31,203 minimum to $39,523 maximum. “Director of Dietetic Service, $31,203 minimum to $39,523 maximum. “Director of Optometry, $31,203 minimum to $39,523 maximum. “(b) (1) The grades and per annum full-pay ranges for positions provided for in paragraph (1) of section 4104 of this title shall be as follows: “Physician and Dentist Schedule “Director grade, $31,203 minimum to $39,523 maximum. “Executive grade, $28,996 minimum to $37,699 maximum. “Chief grade, $26,898 minimum to $34,971 maximum. “Senior grade, $23,088 minimum to $30,018 maximum. “Intermediate grade, $19,700 minimum to $25,613 maximum. “Full grade, $16,682 minimum to $21,686 maximum. “Associate grade, $13,996 minimum to $18,190 maximum. “Nurse Schedule “Director grille, $26,898 minimum to $34,971 maximum. “Assistant Director grade, $23,088 minimum to $30,018 maximum. “Chief grade, $19,700 minimum to $25,613 maximum. “Senior grade, $16,682 minimum to $21,686 maximum. “Intermediate grade, $13,996 minimum to $18,190 maximum. “Full grade, $11,614 minimum to $15,097 maximum. “Associate grade, $10,012 minimum to $13,018 maximum. “Junior grade, $8,572 minimum to $11,146 maximum. “(2) No person may hold the director grade in the ‘Physician and Dentist Schedule’ unless he is serving as a director of a hospital, domiciliary, center, or outpatient clinic (independent). No person may hold the executive grade unless he holds the position of chief of staff at a hospital, center, or outpatient clinic (independent), or comparable position.”; and (2) adding at the end thereof the following new subsections: “(d) The limitations in section 5308 of title 5 shall apply to pay under this section. “(e) (1) In addition to the basic compensation provided for nurses in subsection (b)(1) of this section, a nurse shall receive additional compensation as provided by paragraphs (2) through (8) of this subsection. “(2) A nurse performing service on a tour of duty, any part of which is within the period commencing at 6 postmeridian and ending at 6 antemeridian, shall receive additional compensation for each hour of service on such tour at a rate equal to 10 per centum of the employee’s basic hourly rate, if at least four hours of such tour fall between 6 postmeridian and 6 antemeridian. When less than four hours of such tour fall between 6 postmeridian and 6 antemeridian, the nurse shall be paid the differential for each hour of work performed between those hours. “(3) A nurse performing service on a tour of duty, any part of which is within the period commencing at midnight Saturday and ending at midnight Sunday, shall receive additional compensation for 87 Stat. 190each hour of service on such tour at a rate equal to 25 per centum of such nurse’s basic hourly rate. “(4) A nurse performing service on a holiday designated by Federal statute or Executive order shall receive such nurse’s regular rate of basic pay, plus additional pay at a rate equal to such regular rate of basic pay, for that holiday work, including overtime work. Any service required to be performed by a nurse on such a designated holiday shall be deemed to be a minimum of two hours in duration. “(5) A nurse performing officially ordered or approved hours of service in excess of forty hours in an administrative workweek, or in excess of eight hours in a day, shall receive overtime pay for each hour of such additional service; the overtime rates shall be one and one-half times such rmrse’s basic hourly rate, not to exceed one and one-half times the basic hourly rate for the minimum rate of Intermediate grade of the Nurse Schedule. For the purposes of this paragraph, overtime must be of at least fifteen minutes duration in a day to be creditable for overtime pay. Compensatory time off in lieu of pay for service performed under the provisions of this paragraph shall not be permitted. Any excess service performed under this paragraph on a day when service was not scheduled for such nurse, or for which such nurse is required to return to her place of employment, shall be deemed to be a minimum of two hours in duration. “(6) For the purpose of computing the additional compensation provided by paragraph (2), (3), (4), or (5) of this subsection, a nurse’s basic hourly rate shall be derived by dividing such nurse’s animal rate of basic compensation by two thousand and eighty. “(7) When a nurse is entitled to two or more forms of additional pay under paragraph (2), (3), (4), or (5) for the same period of duty, the amounts of such additional pay shall be computed separately on the basis of such nurse’s basic hourly rate of pay, except that no overtime pay as provided in paragraph (5) shall be payable for over-time service performed on a holiday designated by Federal statute or Executive order in addition to pay received under paragraph (4) for such service. “(8) A nurse who is officially scheduled to be on call outside such nurse’s regular hours shall be compensated for each hour of such on-call duty, except for such time as such nurse may be called back to work, at a rate equal to 10 per centum of the hourly rate for excess service as provided in paragraph (5) of this subsection. “(9) Any additional compensation paid pursuant to this subsection shall not be considered as basic compensation for the purposes of subchapter VI and section 5595 of subchapter IX of chapter 55, chapter 81, 83, or 87 of title 5, or other benefits based on basic compensation.”.