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[CITE: 38USC7434]

 
                      TITLE 38--VETERANS' BENEFITS
 
              PART V--BOARDS, ADMINISTRATIONS, AND SERVICES
 
          CHAPTER 74--VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION--PERSONNEL
 
         SUBCHAPTER III--SPECIAL PAY FOR PHYSICIANS AND DENTISTS
 
Sec. 7434. Special pay: part-time physicians

    (a) Subject to section 7431(e) of this title and subsection (b) of 
this section, special pay under this subchapter for physicians employed 
on a part-time basis shall be based on the special-pay factors and 
annual rates specified in section 7433 of this title.
    (b) The annual rate of special pay paid to a physician employed on a 
part-time basis shall bear the same ratio to the annual rate that the 
physician would be paid under section 7433 (other than for full-time 
status) if the physician were employed on a full-time basis as the 
amount of part-time employment by the physician bears to full-time 
employment, except that such ratio may not exceed 3/4.

(Added Pub. L. 102-40, title I, Sec. 102, May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 192.)


                            Prior Provisions

    Provisions similar to those in this subchapter were contained in 
section 4118 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.


                             Effective Date

    Section effective on first day of first pay period after July 1, 
1991, subject to transition and savings provisions and prohibition on 
retroactive agreements, see section 104 of Pub. L. 102-40, set out as a 
note under section 7431 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 7437 of this title.
