---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 U.S.C. § 7411"
title: "38"
title_heading: "Veterans’ Benefits"
number: "7411"
heading: "Full-time board-certified physicians and dentists: reimbursement of continuing professional education expenses"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/38/7411"
units:
  - "Part V — Boards, Administrations, and Services"
  - "Chapter 74 — Veterans Health Administration—personnel"
  - "Subchapter I — Appointments"
---

# §7411. Full-time board-certified physicians and dentists: reimbursement of continuing professional education expenses


The [Secretary](/usc/38/101.md?p=1) shall reimburse any full-time board-certified physician or dentist appointed under [section 7401(1) of this title](/usc/38/7401.md?p=1) for expenses incurred, up to $1,000 per year, for continuing professional education.


## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 102–40, title I, § 103(a)[(1)], May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 199.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Pub. L. 102–40, title I, § 103(b), May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 199, provided that: “Section 7411 of title 38, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall apply with respect to expenses incurred for continuing professional education that is pursued after September 30, 1991.”