Pub. L. 94-581, tit. I, sec. 110

Sec. 110. Subchapter I of chapter 73 of title 38, United States Code, is further amended by— (1) inserting in section 4102 “a Podiatric Service, an Optometric Service,” after “Dental Service,”; (2) striking out “and a Director of Optometry, appointed by the Administrator.” and inserting in lieu thereof “a Director of Podiatric Service, and a Director of Optometric Service, appointed by the Administrator, and who shall be responsible to the Chief Medical Director for the operation of their respective Services.” in clause (7) of subsection (a) of section 4103; (3) amending section 4104 by— (A) inserting “podiatrists, optometrists,” after “dentists,” in clause (1); and (B) striking out “optometrists,” in clause (2) j (4) redesignating clauses (5), (6), (7), and (8) in subsection (a) of section 4105 as clauses (6), (7), (8), and (9), respectively, and inserting after clause (4) the following new clause: “(5) Podiatrist— “hold the degree of doctor of podiatric medicine, or its equivalent, from a school of podiatric medicine approved by the Administrator, and be licensed to practice podiatry in a State; (5) inserting “podiatrists, optometrists,” after “dentists,” in subsections (a) and (c) and inserting “podiatrist, optometrist,” after “dentist,” in subsection (e) of section 4106; (6) amending section 4107 by— (A) (i) inserting in the section 4103 schedule in subsection (a) “Director of Podiatric Service, $36,338 minimum to $46,026 maximum.” immediately below “Director of Nursing Service, $42,066 minimum to $47,674 maximum.”; and (ii) striking out “Director of Optometry” and inserting in lieu thereof “Director of Optometric Service” in such schedule in such subsection; and (B) inserting immediately below the nurse schedule in paragraph (1) of subsection (b) the following new schedule: “clinical podiatrist and optometrist schedule “Chief grade, $31,309 minimum to $40,705 maximum. “Senior grade, $26,861 minimum to $34,916 maximum. “Intermediate grade, $22,906 minimum to $29,782 maximum. “Full grade, $19,386 minimum to $25,200 maximum. “Associate grade, $16,255 minimum to $21,133 maximum.”; 90 STAT. 2849 (7) inserting “podiatrists, optometrists,” after “dentists,” and “podiatrist, optometrist,” after “dentist,” each place those words appear in the language preceding clause (1) and in subclause (B) of clause (6) of subsection (a) of section 4108; (8) inserting “podiatric, optometric,” after “dental,” in subsection (a) of section 4112; (9) inserting “podiatrists, optometrists,” after “dentists,” in section 4113; (10) amending section 4114 by— (A) inserting “podiatrists, optometrists,” after “dentists,” each place such term appears in paragraphs (1) (A) and (B) and (3) (A) and (B) of subsection (a); and (B) striking out “or dentist” and inserting in lieu thereof a comma and “dentist, podiatrist, or optometrist” in the language preceding clause (1) of subsection (d) and in clause (1) of such subsection; (11) inserting “podiatrist, optometrist,” after “dentist,” each place such word appears in subsection (a) of section 4116; and (12) amending section 4117 by— (A) striking out “medical schools,” and inserting in lieu thereof “schools and colleges of medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, podiatry, optometry, and nursing,”; and (B) inserting “podiatrists, optometrists,” after “dentists,”.