5 U.S.C. § 5371 Health Care Positions

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• Currency: Current through P.L. 118-19 (published on www.congress.gov on 10/06/2023)
• Citation: 5 U.S.C. § 5371

(a) For the purposes of this section, "health care" means direct patient-care services or services incident to direct patient-care services.

(b) The Office of Personnel Management may, with respect to any employee described in subsection (c), provide that 1 or more provisions of chapter 74 of title 38 shall apply-

(1) in lieu of any provision of chapter 51 or 61, subchapter V of chapter 55, or any other provision of this chapter; or

(2) notwithstanding any lack of specific authority for a matter with respect to which chapter 51 or 61, subchapter V of chapter 55, or this chapter, relates.

(c) Authority under subsection (b) may be exercised with respect to any employee holding a position-

(1) to which chapter 51 applies, excluding any Senior Executive Service position and any position in the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Drug Enforcement Administration Senior Executive Service; and

(2) which involves health care responsibilities.

Cite as 5 U.S.C. § 5371

Source: Pub. L. 89-554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 473, §5361; renumbered §5371 and amended Pub. L. 95-454, title VIII, §801(a)(3)(A)(ii), title IX, §906(a)(2), Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 1221, 1224; Pub. L. 101-509, title V, §529 [title II, §205(A)], Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1427, 1456; Pub. L. 102-378, §2(31), Oct. 2, 1992, 106 Stat. 1350.

current through 8/1/2023

<TABLE> <TR><TD colspan="3">HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD>Derivation</TD> <TD>U.S. Code</TD> <TD>Revised Statutes and <para>Statutes at Large</para> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD/> <TD> <codecitation statecd="US" datatype="S" title="5">5 U.S.C. <codesec>1162<subdiv>(b)</subdiv></codesec></codecitation>.</TD> <TD>Oct. 4, 1961, Pub. L. 87-367, §202 "Sec. 2(b)", 75 Stat. 790. <para>Oct. 11, 1962, Pub. L. 87-793, §1001(a)(1), 76 Stat. 863.</para> </TD> </TR> </TABLE>