§ 7451 Nurses and other health-care personnel: competitive pay
§ 7452 Nurses and other health-care personnel: administration of pay
§ 7453 Nurses: additional pay
§ 7454 Physician assistants and other health care professionals: additional pay
§ 7455 Increases in rates of basic pay
§ 7456 Nurses: special rules for weekend duty
§ 7456A Nurses: alternate work schedules
§ 7457 On-call pay
§ 7458 Recruitment and retention bonus pay
§ 7459 Nursing staff: special rules for overtime duty
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Terms Used In U.S. Code > Title 38 > Part V > Chapter 74 > Subchapter IV - Pay for Nurses and Other Health-Care Personnel

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