Sec. 502. Role of podiatrists in Department of Veterans Affairs
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Subchapter I of chapter 74 is amended by adding at the end the following new section: Except as provided by subsection (b), a doctor of podiatric medicine who is appointed as a podiatrist under section 7401(1) of this title is eligible for any supervisory position in the Veterans Health Administration to the same degree that a physician appointed under such section is eligible for the position. The Secretary, in consultation with appropriate stakeholders, shall establish standards to ensure that specialists appointed in the Veterans Health Administration to supervisory positions do not provide direct clinical oversight for purposes of peer review or practice evaluation for providers of other clinical specialties. .
The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 74 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 7412 the following new item: 7413. Treatment of podiatrists; clinical oversight standards. . The list in section 7404(b) of such title is amended— by striking PHYSICIAN AND DENTIST SCHEDULE and inserting PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON (MD/DO), PODIATRIC SURGEON (DPM), AND DENTIST AND ORAL SURGEON (DDS, DMD) SCHEDULE ; by striking Physician grade and inserting Physician and surgeon grade ; and by striking PODIATRIST, CHIROPRACTOR, AND and inserting CHIROPRACTOR AND .
The amendments made by paragraph
(1)shall apply with respect to a pay period of the Department of Veterans Affairs beginning on or after the date that is 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.