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5 U.S.C. § 5371

Title 5 Chapter 53 Current through PL 119-73 Last updated: March 29, 2026 View on OLRC →
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§ 5371. Health care positions

  • (a) For the purposes of this section, “health care” means direct patient-care services or services incident to direct patient-care services.
  • (b) The Office of Personnel Management may, with respect to any employee described in subsection (c), provide that 1 or more provisions of chapter 74 of title 38 shall apply—
    • (1) in lieu of any provision of chapter 51 or 61, subchapter V of chapter 55, or any other provision of this chapter; or
    • (2) notwithstanding any lack of specific authority for a matter with respect to which chapter 51 or 61, subchapter V of chapter 55, or this chapter, relates.
  • (c) Authority under subsection (b) may be exercised with respect to any employee holding a position—
    • (1) to which chapter 51 applies, excluding any Senior Executive Service position and any position in the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Drug Enforcement Administration Senior Executive Service; and
    • (2) which involves health care responsibilities.

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