---
kind: "section"
citation: "24 U.S.C. § 225e"
title: "24"
title_heading: "Hospitals and Asylums"
number: "225e"
heading: "Conditions of employment for former employees of Hospital"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/24/225e"
units:
  - "Chapter 4 — Saint Elizabeths Hospital"
  - "Subchapter III — Mental Health Service for District of Columbia"
---

# §225e. Conditions of employment for former employees of Hospital

- (a) **Individuals accepting employment; without service breaks—** Each individual accepting employment without a break in service with the [District](/usc/24/225a.md?p=4) government pursuant to [section 225d of this title](/usc/24/225d.md) shall—
  - (1) except as specifically provided in this subchapter, be required to meet all [District](/usc/24/225a.md?p=4) qualifications other than licensure requirements for appointment required of other candidates, and shall become [District](/usc/24/225a.md?p=4) employees in the comparable [District](/usc/24/225a.md?p=4) service subject to the provisions of the District of Columbia Government Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978, and all other statutes and regulations governing [District](/usc/24/225a.md?p=4) personnel;
  - (2) meet all licensure requirements within 18 months of appointment by the [District](/usc/24/225a.md?p=4) government;
  - (3) notwithstanding [chapter 63](/usc/5/chptIII/sptE/ch63.md) of title 5, transfer accrued annual and sick leave balances pursuant to title XII of the District of Columbia Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978;
  - (4) have the grade and rate of pay determined in accordance with regulations established pursuant to title XI of the District of Columbia Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978, except that no employee shall suffer a loss in the basic rate of pay or in seniority;
  - (5) if applicable, retain a rate of pay including the physician’s comparability allowance under the provisions of [section 5948 of title 5](/usc/5/5948.md), and continue to receive such allowance under the terms of the then prevailing agreement until its expiration or for a period of 2 years from the date of appointment by the [District](/usc/24/225a.md?p=4) government, whichever occurs later;
  - (6) be entitled to the same health and life insurance benefits as are available to [District](/usc/24/225a.md?p=4) employees in the applicable service;
  - (7) if employed by the Federal Government before January 1, 1984, continue to be covered by the United States Civil Service Retirement System, under [chapter 83](/usc/5/chptIII/sptG/ch83.md) of title 5, to the same extent that such retirement system covers [District](/usc/24/225a.md?p=4) Government[^1] employees; and
  - (8) if employed by the Federal Government on or after January 1, 1984, be subject to the retirement system applicable to [District](/usc/24/225a.md?p=4) government employees pursuant to title XXVI, Retirement, of the District of Columbia Government Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978.
- (b) **Exemption from residency requirements—** An individual appointed to a position in the [District](/usc/24/225a.md?p=4) government without a break in service, from the retention list, or from the [District](/usc/24/225a.md?p=4) or Federal agency reemployment priority lists shall be exempt from the residency requirements of title VIII of the District of Columbia Government Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978.
- (c) **Compensation; work related injuries—** An individual receiving compensation for work injuries pursuant to [chapter 81](/usc/5/chptIII/sptG/ch81.md) of title 5 shall—
  - (1) continue to have the claims adjudicated and the related costs paid by the Federal Government until such individual recovers and returns to duty;
  - (2) if medically recovered and returned to duty, have any subsequent claim for the recurrence of the disability determined and paid under the provisions of title XXIII of the District of Columbia Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978.
- (d) **Actions by District against individuals accepting employment—** The [District](/usc/24/225a.md?p=4) government may initiate or continue an action against an individual who accepts employment under [section 225d(c) of this title](/usc/24/225d.md?p=c) for cause related to events that occur prior to the end of the [service coordination period](/usc/24/225a.md?p=6). Any such action shall be conducted in accordance with such Federal laws and regulations under which action would have been conducted had the assumption of function by the [District](/usc/24/225a.md?p=4) not occurred.
- (e) **Commissioned public health service officers—** Commissioned public health service officers detailed to the District of Columbia mental health system shall not be considered employees for purposes of any full-time employee equivalency total of the Department of Health and Human Services.
- (f) **Former patient employees—** For purposes of this section, [Hospital](/usc/24/225a.md?p=1) employees shall include former patient employees occupying career positions at the [Hospital](/usc/24/225a.md?p=1).

## Footnotes

[^1]: So in original. Probably should not be capitalized.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 98–621, § 7, Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3375.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The District of Columbia Government Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978, referred to in subsecs. (a)(1), (3), (4), (8), (b), and (c)(2), is D.C. Law 2–139, Mar. 3, 1979, which is not classified to the Code.