(a) The Military Departments shall be responsible for the management of the direct health care provider contracting program, ensuring that effective means of obtaining adequate quality care is achieved in compliance with the FAR, part 37. The portion of the Military Department regulations ensuring that compensation provided for a particular type of service is based on objective criteria and is not susceptible to individual favoritism shall be stressed.
(b) The Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs) (OASD(HA)) shall be responsible for monitoring the personal services contracting program.
Sec. Enclosure 1 to Part 107--Table of Authorized Compensation Rates ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Compensation rate not to exceed
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Occupation/specialty group Pay
grade Years of service------------------------------------------------------------------------I. Physicians and dentists............. 0-6 Over 26.II. Other individuals, including nurse 0-5 Over 20 but less than
practitioners, nurse anesthetists, and 22.
nurse midwives, but excluding
paraprofessionals.III. All registered nurses, except 0-4 Over 16 but less than
those who are included in Group II. 18.IV. Paraprofessionals.................. 0-3 Over 6 but less than 8.------------------------------------------------------------------------