Pub. L. 94-581, tit. II, sec. 209

Sec. 209. (a) Subchapter I of chapter 73 of title 38, United States Code, is amended as follows: (1) Subsection (b) of section 4101, clause (1) of section 4104, subsection (b) of section 4105, subsection (f) of section 4106, subsection (f) of section 4107, the language preceding clause (1) in subsection (a) and clause (6) (B) in subsection (a) of section 4108, and section 4117, are each amended by striking out “physicians’ ” and inserting in lieu thereof “physician”. (2) Clause (1) of section 4104, clause (8) of subsection (a) and subsection (b) of section 4105, subsection (f) of section 4107, and the language preceding clause (1) in subsection (a) and subclause (B) of clause (6) of subsection (a) of section 4108 are each amended by striking out “expanded-duty” each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof “expanded-function”. (3) Subsection (b) of section 4101 is further amended by striking out “dentists’ assistants” and inserting in lieu thereof “expanded-function dental auxiliaries”. (4) Clause (8) of subsection (a) of section 4105 is further amended by striking out “Physicians’ ” and inserting in lieu thereof “Physician”. (5) Section 4113 is amended by striking out “and nurses” and inserting in lieu thereof “nurses, physician assistants, and expanded-function dental auxiliaries”. (6) Section 4114 is amended by— (A) inserting “physician assistants, expanded-function dental auxiliaries,” after “nurses,” in clauses (A) and (B) of subsection (a)(1); (B) striking out “and nurses” and inserting in lieu thereof “nurses, physician assistants, and expanded-function dental auxiliaries” in the first sentence of subsection (a) (3) (A): (C) striking out “nurses and interns, and” and inserting in lieu thereof “nurses, physician assistants, expanded-function dental auxiliaries, and interns.” in subsection (a) (3) (B) ; and (D) striking out “dentist’s assistant” and inserting in lieu thereof “expanded-function dental auxiliary” in the first sentence of subsection (e) . 90 STAT. 2861 (7) Subsection (a) of section 4116 is amended by striking out “physicians’ assistant, dentists’ assistant” each time those terms appear and inserting in lieu thereof “physician assistant, expanded-function dental auxiliary”. (8) Section 4117 is amended by striking out “dentists’ assistants” and inserting in lieu thereof “expanded-function dental auxiliaries”. (b) Subchapter I of chapter 73 of title 38, United States Code, is further amended as follows: (1) Section 4106 is amended by— (A) inserting “rate of basic” after “minimum” in the second sentence of subsection (c); and (B) striking out “level and salary” and “and salary” and inserting in lien thereof “and annual rate of basic pay” each place those words appear in subsection (e). (2) Section 4107 is amended by— (A) striking out “per annum full-pay scale or ranges” and inserting in lien thereof “annual rates or ranges of rates of basic pay” in subsection (a) ; (B) striking out “per annum full-pay ranges” and inserting in lieu thereof “annual ranges of rates of basic pay” in the first sentence of subsection (b)(1); (C) inserting “facility” after “domiciliary” each place it appears in subsection (c); and (D) amending subsection (e) by— (i) striking out “basic compensation” and inserting in lieu thereof “rate of basic pay” in paragraph (1); (ii) striking out “basic hourly rate” and “basic hourly rate of pay” and inserting in lieu thereof “hourly rate of basic pay” in paragraphs (2), (3), (5), (6), and (7) ; (iii) striking out “compensation” each time it appears in paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (6), and (9) and inserting in lieu thereof “pay” (iv) amending the first sentence of paragraph (4) to read as follows: “A nurse performing service on a holiday designated by Federal statute or Executive order shall receive for each hour of such service the nurse’s hourly rate of basic pay, plus additional pay at a rate equal to such hourly rate of basic pay, for that holiday service, including overtime service.”; and (v) striking out “compensated” and inserting in lieu thereof “paid” in paragraph (8), (3) Subsection (a) of section 4112 is amended by striking out “compensation” and inserting in lieu thereof “pay” in the last sentence of such subsection. (c) Chapter 73 of title 38, United States Code, is further amended as follows: (1) Section 4103 is amended by— (A) striking out “individuals” and inserting in lieu thereof “persons” in the second sentence of subsection (a) (4); (B) striking out “and employees” in subsection (a)(8); and (C) striking out “An individual” and inserting in lieu thereof “A person” in the third sentence of subsection (c). (2) Subsection (a) of section 4105 is amended by striking out “employees” and inserting in lieu thereof “personnel” in clause (7). (3) Section 4107 is amended by— 90 STAT. 2862 (A) striking out “individual” and inserting in lieu thereof “person” in the first sentence of subsection (c); (B) striking out “employee’s” and inserting in lieu thereof “nurse’s”, and striking out “work” end inserting in lieu thereof “service”, in paragraph (2) of subsection (e): and (C) striking out “duty” and inserting in lieu thereof “service” in paragraph (7) of subsection (e). (4) Clause (1) of subsection (a) of section 4108 is amended by striking out “individual” and inserting in lieu thereof “person”. (5) Section 4113 is amended by— (A) striking out “of employees” and inserting in lieu thereof a comma and “of persons”; and (B) striking out “paragraph (1) of section 4104” and inserting in lieu thereof “section 4104(1)”. (6) Subsection (d)(2) of section 4114 is amended by striking out “individual” and inserting in lieu thereof “person”. (7) Subsection (b) of section 4122 is amended by striking out “individuals” each time it appears and inserting in lieu thereof “persons”.