5 U.S.C. § 5371: Health care positions

For the purposes of this section, “health care” means direct patient-care services or services incident to direct patient-care services. in lieu of any provision of chapter 51 or 61, subchapter V of chapter 55, or any other provision of this chapter; or notwithstanding any lack of specific authority for a matter with respect to which chapter 51 or 61, subchapter V of chapter 55, or this chapter, relates. to which chapter 51 applies, excluding any Senior Executive Service position and any position in the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Drug Enforcement Administration Senior Executive Service; and which involves health care responsibilities.