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Title VI: MILITARY COMPENSATION AND OTHER BENEFITS

Sec. 602 — Authorizing board certification incentive pay for medical officers with doctoral degrees

TL;DR

Authorizing board certification incentive pay for medical officers with doctoral degrees — amends 37 U.S.C. § 335(c)(2).

Statutory text

Section 335

(c) (2) of title 37, United States Code, is amended by inserting , or holds a doctoral degree that the Secretary concerned determines appropriate, after is board certified.