1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Department of Veterans Affairs Therapeutic Medical Physicist Pay Cap Relief Act”.
Department of Veterans Affairs Therapeutic Medical Physicist Pay Cap Relief Act
A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to codify the requirements for appointment, qualifications, and pay for therapeutic medical physicists of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
2. Treatment of therapeutic medical physicists of the Department of Veterans Affairs
Appointment— Section 7401(1) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by inserting “therapeutic medical physicists,” after “physician assistants,”.
Qualifications— Section 7402(b) of such title is amended—
by redesignating paragraph (14) as paragraph (15); and
by inserting after paragraph (13) the following new paragraph (14):
“(14) Therapeutic medical physicist—To be eligible to be appointed to a therapeutic medical physicist position, a person must—
“(A) have completed a post-graduate clinical training program in therapeutic medical physics satisfactory to the Secretary; and
“(B) be board certified in the field of therapeutic medical physics by a certifying body approved by the Secretary.”
Grade— The list in section 7404(b) of such title is amended—
by inserting “THERAPEUTIC MEDICAL PHYSICIST,” after “PODIATRIST,”; and
by inserting after the item relating to “Podiatrist grade.” the following new item:
Personnel administration— Section 7421(b) of such title is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
“(9) Therapeutic medical physicists.”
Pay—
In general— Section 7431 of such title is amended—
by inserting “therapeutic medical physicist,” after “podiatrist,” each place it appears;
by inserting “therapeutic medical physicists,” after “podiatrists,” each place it appears;
by inserting “Therapeutic Medical Physicist,” after “Podiatrist,” each place it appears; and
in subsection (e)(1)(A), by inserting “, therapeutic medical physicists,” after “podiatrists”.
Administrative matters— Section 7433 of such title is amended by inserting “therapeutic medical physicists,” after “podiatrists,” each place it appears.
Conforming amendment— The heading of subchapter III of chapter 74 of such title is amended by inserting “Therapeutic Medical Physicists,” after “Podiatrists,”.
Clerical amendment— The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 74 of such title is amended by striking the item relating to subchapter III and inserting the following new item: