PUBLIC LAW 94-123—OCT. 22, 1975 "(b) The Administrator shall exercise the authority contained in this section to provide— "(1) the maximum amount of such special pay to the Chief Medical Director and Deputy Chief Medical Director; "(2) primary special pay of $5,000 to any eligible full-time physician, or $2,500 to any eligible full-time dentist, appointed under this chapter; and "(3) a proportional amount of primary special pay of $5,000 to any eligible part-time physician, or of $2,500 to any eligible parttime dentist, appointed under this chapter, which proportional amount shall be calculated on the basis of the proportion which the part-time employment in the Department of Medicine and Surgery of such physician or dentist bears to full-time employment. "(c) The Administrator shall, in accordance with such regulations, provide, in addition to the primary special pay provided for in subsection (b) of this section, incentive special pay of no more than $8,500 to any eligible physician, or $4,250 to any eligible dentist, described in clauses (2) and (3) of subsection (b) of this section. In prescribing regulations to carry out this subsection, the Administrator shall take into account only the following factors and may pay no more than the following per annum amounts of incentive special pay to any full-time physician eligible therefor, one-half the following per annum amounts to any full-time dentist eligible therefor (except that the full amount as specified in clause (1)(A) (iii) may be paid), or a proportional amount of the following per annum amounts to any part-time physician or dentist to the extent eligible therefor which proportional amount shall be calculated on the basis of the proportion which the part-time employment in the Department of Medicine and Surgery of such physician or dentist bears to full-time employment: "(1)(A)(i) full-time status, $2,000, and "(ii) tenure of service within the Department of Medicine and Surgery as follows: "(aa) completion of probationary period or three years, whichever is the lesser, $1,000, or " (bb) completion of seven years, $2,000; and " (iii) scarcity of medical or dental specialty $2,000; or "(B) professional responsibility as follows: " (i) Service Chief not in a scarce medical or dental specialty or Associate Chief of Staff, $5,500, "(ii) Service Chief in a scarce medical or dental specialty, $7,000, "(iii) Chief of Staff or Executive Grade, $7,000, "(iv) Director Grade or Deputy Service Director, $7,250, "(v) Service Director, $7,500, "(vi) Deputy Assistant Chief Medical Director, $8,000, or "(vii) Associate Deputy Chief Medical Director or Assistant Chief Medical Director, $8,500; and "(2) continuing education certification, $500. "(d)(1) The annual rate of special pay provided pursuant to this section shall be reduced by an amount calculated as of the effective date of an agreement entered into under this section, as follows: the difference between the annual rate of basic pay for the grade and step
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Incentive special pay-
Special pay formula.
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