The United States Office of Personnel Management is releasing for implementation the final Job Family Position Classification Standards and Qualification Standards for Professional Work in the Medical and Healthcare Group, 0600. The job family standard provides information on series definitions, titling instructions, occupational information, evaluation criteria and illustrations for professional medical and healthcare work in the following series:
Occupational Name
Series
General Medical and Healthcare Series
0601
Physician Series
0602
Physician Assistant Series
0603
Nursing Series
0610
Dietetics and Nutrition Series
0630
Occupational Therapy Series
0631
Physical Therapy Series
0633
Kinesiotherapy Series
0635
Recreation Creative Arts Therapy
0638
Clinical Laboratory Science Series
0644
Pharmacy Series
0660
Optometry Series
0662
Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Series
0665
Podiatry Series
0668
Dentistry Series
0680
Industrial Hygiene Series
0690
Consumer Safety Series
0696
In addition, the qualification standards provide updates to the minimum requirements for these occupational series. The updated qualification standards include the appropriate educational requirements, certifications, registrations and/or licensures required to perform the essential functions of these occupations.
Agencies must apply the job family standard to covered positions by October 31, 2018.
By issuance of this memo, the revised qualification standards shall be effective immediately and used to qualify candidates for positions in these occupational series.
If you have any follow-up questions or would like additional information, please email fedclass@opm.gov.
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