FISCAL YEAR 2016 MEDICAL CORPS OFFICER SPECIAL PAY PLAN A. PURPOSE: To promulgate pay rates and policy for the Navy Medical Corps Officer special pay program. B. APPLICABILITY: The provisions of this policy memorandum apply to the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery and officers within the Medical Corps of the Navy. C. TERMS AND DEFINITIONS: 1. Medical Corps Officer. An officer of the Medical Corps of the Navy, who is on active duty under a call or order to active duty for a period of not less than one year. 2. Creditable Service. Includes all periods that the officer spent in graduate medical education i.e. completed internships, residencies, fellowships while not on active duty and all periods of active duty as a Medical Corps officer. 3. Subspecialties. Subspecialties are grouped for pay purposes into the following categories: a. Subspecialty Category I. Includes cardio-thoracic surgery, colon and rectal surgery, oncology surgery, pediatric surgery, plastic surgery, trauma/critical care surgery, vascular surgery and fellowship trained orthopedic surgeons. b. Subspecialty Category II. Includes nuclear medicine physicians. c. Subspecialty Category III. Includes internal medicine and pediatric fellowship trained physicians in: allergy/immunology, nephrology, hematology/oncology, and neonatology. d. Subspecialty Category IV. Includes all internal medicine/pediatric subspecialties not listed in or listed separately in Table 1. Subspecialty Category I or III e. Subspecialty Category V. Includes physicians who are fellowship trained in ophthalmology, otolaryngology, obstetrics/gynecology, and urology. 4. Residency. A successfully completed formal program of medical specialty or subspecialty training. 5. Specialty. Medical specialty for which there is an identifying specialty skill identifier number and a Naval Officer Billet Classification number.
FISCAL YEAR 2016 MEDICAL CORPS OFFICER SPECIAL PAY PLAN A. PURPOSE: To promulgate pay rates and policy for the Navy Medical Corps Officer special pay program. B. APPLICABILITY: The provisions of this policy memorandum apply to the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery and officers within the Medical Corps of the Navy. C. TERMS AND DEFINITIONS: 1. Medical Corps Officer. An officer of the Medical Corps of the Navy, who is on active duty under a call or order to active duty for a period of not less than one year. 2. Creditable Service. Includes all periods that the officer spent in graduate medical education i.e. completed internships, residencies, fellowships while not on active duty and all periods of active duty as a Medical Corps officer. 3. Subspecialties. Subspecialties are grouped for pay purposes into the following categories: a. Subspecialty Category I. Includes cardio-thoracic surgery, colon and rectal surgery, oncology surgery, pediatric surgery, plastic surgery, trauma/critical care surgery, vascular surgery and fellowship trained orthopedic surgeons. b. Subspecialty Category II. Includes nuclear medicine physicians. c. Subspecialty Category III. Includes internal medicine and pediatric fellowship trained physicians in: allergy/immunology, nephrology, hematology/oncology, and neonatology. d. Subspecialty Category IV. Includes all internal medicine/pediatric subspecialties not listed in Subspecialty Category I or III or listed separately in Table 1. e. Subspecialty Category V. Includes physicians who are fellowship trained in ophthalmology, otolaryngology, obstetrics/gynecology, and urology. 4. Residency. A successfully completed formal program of medical specialty or subspecialty training. 5. Specialty. Medical specialty for which there is an identifying specialty skill identifier number and a Naval Officer Billet Classification number.
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