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[CITE: 38USC7408]

 
                      TITLE 38--VETERANS' BENEFITS
 
              PART V--BOARDS, ADMINISTRATIONS, AND SERVICES
 
          CHAPTER 74--VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION--PERSONNEL
 
                       SUBCHAPTER I--APPOINTMENTS
 
Sec. 7408. Appointment of additional employees

    (a) There shall be appointed by the Secretary under civil service 
laws, rules, and regulations, such additional employees, other than 
those provided in section 7306 and paragraphs (1) and (3) of section 
7401 of this title and those specified in sections 7405 and 7406 of this 
title, as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
    (b) The Secretary, after considering an individual's existing pay, 
higher or unique qualifications, or the special needs of the Department, 
may appoint the individual to a position in the Administration providing 
direct patient-care services or services incident to direct patient-
services at a rate of pay above the minimum rate of the appropriate 
grade.

(Added Pub. L. 102-40, title IV, Sec. 401(b)(2), May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 
229; amended Pub. L. 103-446, title XII, Sec. 1201(e)(21), Nov. 2, 1994, 
108 Stat. 4686.)

                       References in Text

    The civil service laws, referred to in subsec. (a), are set forth in 
Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. See, particularly 
section 3301 et seq. of Title 5.


                            Prior Provisions

    Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in 
section 4111 of this title prior to the repeal of that section as part 
of the complete revision of chapter 73 of this title by Pub. L. 102-40.


                               Amendments

    1994--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103-446 substituted ``civil service'' for 
``civil-service''.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 7405 of this title.
