Pay Increases for Employees of Department of Medicine and Surgery in the Veterans' Administration--: Operation of Area Medical Offices

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Page 1385 - Act is amended by inserting immediately before the period at the end thereof the following : "or as grazing land".
Page 1475 - However, for the benefit of those who may not have this information at their fingertips, may I submit the following by way of introduction. The optometrists constitute the group especially trained to examine the eyes of their patients for defects in vision. When these are caused by conditions which either partially or wholly require medication or surgery, the patient is referred to a physician or ophthalmologist.
Page 1384 - The Chief Medical Director, who shall be the Chief of the Department of Medicine and Surgery and shall be directly responsible to the Administrator for the operations of the Department. He shall be a qualified doctor of medicine, appointed by the Administrator.
Page 1475 - The ophthalmologists are another group. They are physicians who have taken postgraduate work in the eye and have passed examinations given by the American Board of Ophthalmology. They are especially trained to perform eye surgery and to treat diseases of the eye as well as to refract.
Page 1468 - Chairman, if you have any questions I will be glad to try to answer them, or Mr.
Page 1385 - ... (d) Any person, rated as a medical or surgical specialist under the provisions of this section, shall receive, in addition to his basic pay, an allowance equal to 25 percent of such pay: Provided, That in no event shall the pay plus the allowance authorized by this subscription exceed $11,000 per annum.
Page 1385 - SEC. 2. Section 7 (a) of said Act of January 3, 1946, as amended, is hereby amended to read as follows: "The grades and per annum full-pay ranges for positions provided in subsection (a) of section 4 of this Act shall be as follows: "MEDICAL SERVICE "Chief grade, $10,000 minimum to $11,000 maximum.
Page 1413 - Code, relating to personnel in the postal field service, (ii) the pay scales for physicians, dentists, and nurses in the Department of Medicine and Surgery of the Veterans...
Page 1476 - Columbia, either by statute or by regulation, a person now seeking an original license to practice optometry in any one of these jurisdictions must be a graduate of an approved school or college of optometry, each of which requires a minimum of 5 years of study at the college level.
Page 1495 - Mr. Chairman. I thank you and the members of the subcommittee for the opportunity to appear before you today.

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