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: 

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.  

Attachments:

• Job Family Position Classification Standard for Professional Work in the Medical and Healthcare Group, 0600
• 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 Series, 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