Title 38, Veterans' BenefitsRelease 119-110
§7413 Treatment of Podiatrists; Clinical Oversight Standards
Title 38 › PART V — BOARDS, ADMINISTRATIONS, AND SERVICES › CHAPTER 74 — VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION—PERSONNEL › SUBCHAPTER I — APPOINTMENTS › § 7413
Summary
Podiatrists in the Veterans Health Administration may hold supervisory roles just like physicians. The Secretary must create standards, with stakeholders, to stop specialist supervisors from directly overseeing peer review or practice evaluations of providers in other specialties.
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Title 38, §7413
Veterans' Benefits, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
(a)Podiatrists.—
Except as provided by subsection (b), a doctor of podiatric medicine who is appointed as a podiatrist under section 7401(1) of this title is eligible for any supervisory position in the Veterans Health Administration to the same degree that a physician appointed under such section is eligible for the position.
(b)Establishment of Clinical Oversight Standards.—
The Secretary, in consultation with appropriate stakeholders, shall establish standards to ensure that specialists appointed in the Veterans Health Administration to supervisory positions do not provide direct clinical oversight for purposes of peer review or practice evaluation for providers of other clinical specialties.
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Editorial Notes
Codification section 502(a)(1) of Pub. L. 115–182, which directed that this section be added at the end of subchapter I of chapter 74, without specifying the Code title to be amended, was executed by adding this section at the end of this subchapter, to reflect the probable intent of Congress.
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38 U.S.C. § 7413
Title 38, Veterans' Benefits
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110