5 U.S. Code § 5371

5.U.S. Code § 5371 is about Health care positions. It is under Part 3 (Employees) Subpart D (Pay and Allowances) Subchapter 7 (Miscellaneous Provisions) Chapter 53 (Pay Rates And Systems) of Title 5 (Government Organizations and Employees) of the Code.

(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.