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[CITE: 38USC7313]

 
                      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. 7313. Advisory committees: affiliated institutions

    (a) In each case where the Secretary has a contract or agreement 
with any school, institution of higher learning, medical center, 
hospital, or other public or nonprofit agency, institution, or 
organization for the training or education of health personnel, the 
Secretary shall establish an advisory committee to advise the Secretary 
and the Under Secretary for Health with respect to policy matters 
arising in connection with, and the operation of, the program with 
respect to which it was appointed. Such a committee may be a dean's 
committee, a medical advisory committee, or the like.
    (b) Any such advisory committee may be established on an 
institution-wide, multi-disciplinary basis or on a regional basis 
whenever establishment on such a basis is found to be feasible.
    (c) Members of each such advisory committee shall be appointed by 
the Secretary and shall include personnel of the Department (including 
appropriate representation from the full-time staff) and of the entity 
with which the Secretary has entered into the contract or agreement. The 
number of members, and terms of members, of each advisory committee 
shall be prescribed by the Secretary.
    (d) The Secretary shall require that the Chief of the Nursing 
Service (or the designee of the Chief) at each Department health-care 
facility be included in the membership of each policymaking committee at 
that facility. Such committees include: (1) committees relating to 
matters such as budget, education, position management, clinical 
executive issues, planning, and resource allocation, and (2) the dean's 
committee or other advisory committee established under subsection (a).

(Added Pub. L. 102-40, title IV, Sec. 401(a)(3), May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 
216; amended Pub. L. 102-405, title III, Sec. 302(c)(1), Oct. 9, 1992, 
106 Stat. 1984.)


                               Amendments

    1992--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102-405 substituted ``Under Secretary for 
Health'' for ``Chief Medical Director''.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 7423 of this title.
