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PUBLIC LAW
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(d) Each Assistant Chief Medical Director shall be appointed by the Administrator upon the recommendation of the Chief Medical Director and shall be paid a salary of $15,800. One Assistant Chief Medical Director shall be a qualified doctor of dental surgery or dental medicine who shall be directly responsible to the Chief Medical Director for the operations of the Dental Service. Not to exceed twenty directors of service or chiefs of division, designated by the Chief Medical Director, shall, within the limitations otherwise prescribed in this title, be paid a salary of $13,225 minimum to $14,300 maximum. (e) The Director and Deputy Director of Nursing Service shall be qualified registered nurses, appointed by the Administrator and shall be responsible to the Chief Medical Director for the operation of the Nursing Service. During the period of her service as such, the Director of Nursing Service shall be paid a salary of $11,610 a year and the Deputy Director shall be paid a salary of $10,320 a year. (f) The Administrator may appoint a chief pharmacist, a chief dietitian, a chief physical therapist, and a chief occupational therapist. During the period of his service as such, each chief shall be paid a salary of $10,320 a year. (g) Any appointment hereinabove provided shall be for a period of four years subject to removal by the Administrator for cause. (h) Reappointments may be made for successive like periods. Aora^TIONAL
APPOINTMENTS
SEC. 1404. There shall be appointed by the Administrator additional personnel as he may find necessary for the medical care of veterans, as follows: (1) Physicians, dentists, and nurses; (2) Managers, pharmacists, physical therapists, occupational therapists, dietitians, scientific personnel, such as pathologists, bacteriologists, chemists, biostatisticians, and other medical and dental technologists. Q U A L I F I C A T I O N S OF A P P O I N T E E S
SEC. 1405. Any person to be eligible for appointment in the Department of Medicine and Surgery must— (1) be a citizen of the United States; (2) in the Medical Service— hold the degree of doctor of medicine or of doctor of osteopathy from a college or university approved by the Administrator, have completed an internship satisfactory to the Administrator, and be licensed to practice medicine, surgery, or osteopathy in one of the States, Territories, or Commonwealths of the United States or in the District of Columbia; (3) in the Dental Service— hold the degree of doctor of dental surgery or dental medicine from a college or university approved by the Administrator, and be licensed to practice dentistry in one of the States, Territories, or Commonwealths of the United States or in the District of Columbia; (4) in the Nursing Service— have successfully completed a full course of nursing in a recognized school of nursing, approved by the Administrator, and be registered as a graduate nurse in one of the States, Territories, or Commonwealths of the United States or in the District of Columbia;
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