§7312 — Title 38 Veterans' Benefits | U.S. Code

Summary

The Secretary must create an advisory group called the special medical advisory group. It must give advice to the Secretary and to the Under Secretary for Health about caring for disabled veterans and about other matters related to the Veterans Health Administration. Members are picked by the Secretary after the Under Secretary for Health recommends them. The group must include doctors, dentists, podiatrists, optometrists, related scientists, other people with relevant experience, and one disabled veteran. The group must meet regularly as the Secretary decides. Member numbers, terms, pay, and allowances follow current law and rules. By February 1 each year it must send a report to the Secretary and Congress about the prior fiscal year, except no report is required after December 31, 2004.

Title 38, §7312

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(a)The Secretary shall establish an advisory committee to be known as the special medical advisory group. The advisory group shall advise the Secretary, through the Under Secretary for Health, and the Under Secretary for Health directly, relative to the care and treatment of disabled veterans and other matters pertinent to the Administration.

(b)Members of the special medical advisory group shall be appointed by the Secretary upon the recommendation of the Under Secretary for Health. The special medical advisory group shall be composed of—

(1)members of the medical, dental, podiatric, optometric, and allied scientific professions;

(2)other individuals considered by the Under Secretary for Health to have experience pertinent to the mission of the Administration; and

(3)a disabled veteran.

(c)The special medical advisory group shall meet on a regular basis as prescribed by the Secretary. The number, terms of service, pay, and allowances of members of the advisory group shall be prescribed in accordance with existing law and regulations.

(d)Not later than February 1 of each year, the special medical advisory group shall submit to the Secretary and the Congress a report on the activities of the advisory group during the preceding fiscal year. No report shall be required under this subsection after December 31, 2004.

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2000—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 106–419 inserted at end “No report shall be required under this subsection after December 31, 2004.” 1994—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 103–446 substituted “the activities of the advisory group” for “the advisory groups activities”. 1992—Subsecs. (a), (b). Pub. L. 102–405 substituted “Under Secretary for Health” for “Chief Medical Director” wherever appearing.

§7312 Special Medical Advisory Group

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Title 38, §7312

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