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Title VI: MILITARY COMPENSATION AND OTHER BENEFITS

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

TL;DR

Amends title 37, United States Code relating to authorizing board certification incentive pay for medical officers with doctoral degrees.

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.