EXCLUDING FROM THE PROVISIONS OF THE CLASSIFICATION ACT OF 1923, AS AMENDED POSITIONS OF PERSONS WHOSE EMPLOYMENT IN GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS IS ON A STUDENT-TRAINING OR RESIDENT-TRAINING BASIS1
By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 4, Title II of the act of November 26, 1940, 54 Stat.1212, and as President of the United States, after suitable investigation by the Civil Service Commission, including consultation with representatives of the heads of executive departments and independent establishments concerned, and finding that such action is necessary to the more efficient operation of the Government, it is hereby ordered as follows:
1. There are hereby excluded from the provisions of the Classification Act of 1923, as amended and extended, positions in hospitals operated by the Federal Government or the municipal government of the District of Columbia, which are filled by persons employed on a student-training or resident-training basis consisting of medical and dental interns and residents-in-training, student nurses, student dietitians, student physical therapists, and student occupational therapists, assigned or attached to a hospital, clinic or medical or dental laboratories, owned or operated by the Federal Government (including any agency or instrumentality of the Federal Government, and including the District of Columbia), primarily for training purposes, and any other persons, assigned or attached to any such hospital, clinic or medical or dental laboratories primarily for training purposes, who may be designated by the head of any such department, agency, or instrumentality, or by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, with the approval of the Civil Service Commission.
2. Unless otherwise provided by law, the rates of compensation, including maintenance allowances and other payments in kind, for positions excluded by this order from the provisions of the Classification Act of 1923, as amended and extended, shall be determined by the heads of the respective departments or independent establishments, or by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia. The stipends paid shall not exceed maximum rates approved by the Civil Service Commission.
3. This order shall become effective at the close of business on July 13, 1946.
HARRY S. TRUMAN
THE WHITE HOUSE,
July 10, 1946
1 Tabulated in ยง 91.1 of Title 5.
