scope:

PURPOSE

a. Instruction. This instruction is composed of several volumes, each containing its own purpose. The purpose of the overall instruction, in accordance with the authority in DoD Directive 5124.02 (Reference (a)), is to establish and implement policy, establish procedures, provide guidelines and model programs, delegate authority, and assign responsibilities regarding civilian personnel management within the DoD.

b. Volume. This volume reissues Volume 451 of this instruction (Reference (b)) to provide guidelines for scheduling work and compensating nurses pursuant to section 5371 of Title 5, United States Code (Reference (c)) and section 7456 of Title 38, United States Code (Reference (d), commonly known and referred to in this volume as the "Baylor Plan"), as authorized by section 1104 of Reference (c) and the Delegation Agreement between the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and the DoD (Reference (e)).

APPLICABILITY. This volume applies to:

a. OSD, the Military Departments, the Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Joint Staff, the Combatant Commands, the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Defense, the Defense Agencies, the DoD Field Activities, and all other organizational entities within the DoD (referred to collectively in this instruction as the "DoD Components").

b. Nurses who provide direct patient care services and whose basic workweek consists of two regularly scheduled 12-hour tours of duty on weekends. A nurse covered by this volume is considered a full-time employee for all personnel management purposes, except computation of full-time equivalent employees for the purposes of determining compliance with personnel ceilings in accordance with section 7456 of Reference (d).