This bill establishes formal qualifications and pay structures for therapeutic and diagnostic medical physicists working at the Department of Veterans Affairs. Currently, these specialists lack codified appointment standards and face pay caps that limit their compensation. The legislation requires medical physicists to hold post-graduate clinical training and board certification in their specialty, and it removes them from lower pay grade schedules to create separate, higher pay grades comparable to other VA medical professionals like physicians and podiatrists. The bill affects both full-time VA employees and those providing care through VA agreements. Within one year of enactment, the VA Secretary must report to Congress on the law's implementation, including its effects on physician recruitment and retention, care quality, and the department's overall costs.
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