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[CITE: 38USC7312]

 
                      TITLE 38--VETERANS' BENEFITS
 
              PART V--BOARDS, ADMINISTRATIONS, AND SERVICES
 
 CHAPTER 73--VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION--ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS
 
           SUBCHAPTER II--GENERAL AUTHORITY AND ADMINISTRATION
 
Sec. 7312. Special medical advisory group

    (a) The Secretary shall establish an advisory committee to be known 
as the special medical advisory group. The advisory group shall advise 
the Secretary, through the Under Secretary for Health, and the Under 
Secretary for Health directly, relative to the care and treatment of 
disabled veterans and other matters pertinent to the Administration.
    (b) Members of the special medical advisory group shall be appointed 
by the Secretary upon the recommendation of the Under Secretary for 
Health. The special medical advisory group shall be composed of--
        (1) members of the medical, dental, podiatric, optometric, and 
    allied scientific professions;
        (2) other individuals considered by the Under Secretary for 
    Health to have experience pertinent to the mission of the 
    Administration; and
        (3) a disabled veteran.

    (c) The special medical advisory group shall meet on a regular basis 
as prescribed by the Secretary. The number, terms of service, pay, and 
allowances of members of the advisory group shall be prescribed in 
accordance with existing law and regulations.
    (d) Not later than February 1 of each year, the special medical 
advisory group shall submit to the Secretary and the Congress a report 
on the activities of the advisory group during the preceding fiscal 
year.

(Added Pub. L. 102-40, title IV, Sec. 401(a)(3), May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 
215; amended Pub. L. 102-405, title III, Sec. 302(c)(1), Oct. 9, 1992, 
106 Stat. 1984; Pub. L. 103-446, title XII, Sec. 1201(e)(20), Nov. 2, 
1994, 108 Stat. 4686.)


                               Amendments

    1994--Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 103-446 substituted ``the activities of 
the advisory group'' for ``the advisory groups activities''.
    1992--Subsecs. (a), (b). Pub. L. 102-405 substituted ``Under 
Secretary for Health'' for ``Chief Medical Director'' wherever 
appearing.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 305, 7474, 8155, 8201 of 
this title.
