[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 93 (Monday, May 13, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 21964-21969]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-11637]



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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

38 CFR Part 17

RIN 2900-AH95


Medical; Nonsubstantive Miscellaneous Changes

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This document amends the Department of Veterans Affairs 
medical regulations in 38 CFR Part 17 by making a number of 
nonsubstantive changes. More specifically, section numbers are 
redesignated, redundant material is removed, restatements of statutory 
material are removed, certain position titles and organizational titles 
are changed to reflect current titles, authority citations are added, 
obsolete material is removed, and material inadvertently deleted is 
restored. These changes are made for clarity and accuracy.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 13, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: LeRoy E. Cossette, Acting Director, 
Headquarters Health Administration Service (161A), Department of 
Veterans

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Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20420; (202) 565-5412. 
(This is not a toll free number.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This final rule consists of nonsubstantive 
changes and, therefore, is not subject to the notice and comment and 
effective date provisions of 5 U.S.C. 553.
    The Secretary hereby certifies that this rule will not have a 
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entitles 
as they are defined in the Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601-
612. This rule merely consists of nonsubstantive changes.

    The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance numbers for the 
programs affected by this rule are 64.005, 64.007, 64.008, 64.009, 
64.010, 64.011, 64.012, 64.013, 64.014, 64.015, 64.016, 64.018, 
64.019, 64.022, 64.024, and 64.025.

List of Subjects in 38 CFR Part 17

    Administrative practice and procedure, Alcohol abuse, Alcoholism, 
Claims, Day care, Dental health, Drug abuse, Foreign relations, 
Government contracts, Grant programs-health, Grant programs-veterans, 
Health care, Health facilities, Health professions, Health records, 
Homeless, Medical and dental schools, Medical devices, Medical 
research, Mental health programs, Nursing homes, Phillipines, Reporting 
and recordkeeping requirements, Scholarships and fellowships, Travel 
and transportation expenses, Veterans.

    Approved: May 3 1996.
Jesse Brown,
Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

    For the reasons set out above, 38 CFR part 17 is amended as set 
forth below:

PART 17--MEDICAL

    1. The authority citation for part 17 is revised to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 38 U.S.C. 501, 1721, unless otherwise noted.

    1a. The undesignated center headings preceeding Secs. 17.51c, 
17.55, 17.57, 17.135 and 17.400 are removed.


Secs. 17.32, 17.33, 17.38, 17.46a, 17.50e, 17.51b through 17.51g, 
17.52, 17.55, 17.57, 17.58, 17.60c, 17.60h, 17.99, 17.103, 17.115a, 
17.115c, 17.135, 17.160, 17.165c, 17.176, 17.212 and 17.400 through 
17.416  [Removed]

    2. In part 17, the following sections are removed:
    a. Section 17.32;
    b. Section 17.33;
    c. Section 17.38;
    d. Section 17.46a;
    e. Section 17.50e;
    f. Section 17.51b through 17.51g;
    g. Section 17.52;
    h. Section 17.55;
    i. Section 17.57;
    j. Section 17.58;
    k. Section 17.60c;
    l. Section 17.60h;
    m. Section 17.99;
    n. Section 17.103;
    o. Section 17.115a;
    p. Section 17.115c;
    q. Section 17.135;
    r. Section 17.160;
    s. Section 17.165c;
    t. Section 17.176;
    u. Section 17.212; and
    v. Sections 17.400 through 17.416.


Secs. 17.30, 17.31, 17.48, 17.51  [Amended]

    3. Part 17 is further amended by removing the following paragraphs:
    a. Section 17.30 (a) through (l), and (o) through (w);
    b. Section 17.31 (a), (b) introductory text and (b)(1) through 
(b)(4), (b)(6), (b)(7), and (c);
    c. Section. 17.48 (e)(1) through (e)(5), and (e)(8); and
    d. Section 17.51 (a)(1) through (a)(3), and (b).


Sec. 17.46  [Redesignated as Sec. 17.43]

    4. Section 17.46 is redesignated as Sec. 17.43.


Sec. 17.47  [Redesignated as Sec. 17.46]

    4a. Section 17.47 is redesignated as Sec. 17.46; in the newly 
redesignated Sec. 17.46, paragraphs (a), (c), and (d) are removed, and 
paragraphs (b) and (e) are redesignated as paragraphs (a) and (b), 
respectively.


Sec. 17.60  [Redesignated as Sec. 17.93]

    5. Section 17.60 is redesignated as Sec. 17.93, in the newly 
redesignated Sec. 17.93, paragraphs (a)(1) through (a)(3), (b), (d)(1) 
through (d)(4), (e), and (f) are removed; paragraphs (a)(4) and (a)(5) 
are redesignated as paragraphs (a)(1) and (a)(2), respectively; 
paragraph (c) is redesignated as paragraph (b); and paragraph (d) is 
redesignated as paragraph (c); the newly redesignated paragraph (c)(5) 
is redesignated as paragraph (c)(1), and paragraph (c)(2) is reserved.


Sec. 17.60b  [Redesignated as Sec. 17.95]

    6. Section 17.60b is redesignated as Sec. 17.95; and in the newly 
redesignated Sec. 17.95, paragraph (b) and the paragraph designation 
``(a)'' are removed.


Sec. 17.78  [Redesignated as Sec. 17.115]

    7. Section 17.78 is redesignated as Sec. 17.115, in the newly 
redesignated Sec. 17.115, paragraph (b) is removed; the paragraphs 
designation ``(a)'' is removed, and paragraphs (a)(1) and (a)(2) are 
redesignated as paragraphs (a) and (b), respectively.


Sec. 17.123  [Redesignated as Sec. 17.161]

    8. Section 17.123 is redesignated as Sec. 17.161, in the newly 
redesignated Sec. 17.161 paragraph (j) is revised to read as follows:


Sec. 17.161  Authorization of outpatient dental treatment.

* * * * *
    (j) Class VI. Any veterans scheduled for admission or otherwise 
receiving care and services under chapter 17 of 38 U.S.C. may receive 
outpatient dental care which is medically necessary, i.e., is for 
dental condition clinically determined to be complicating a medical 
condition currently under treatment.
    9. Part 17 is amended by redesignating the following sections and 
paragraphs as set forth below:

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                 Old section                          New section       
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17.30 (m) and (n)............................  17.30 (a) and (b)        
17.31(b)(5)..................................  17.31                    
17.34........................................  17.32                    
17.34a.......................................  17.33                    
17.35........................................  17.34                    
17.36........................................  17.35                    
17.37........................................  17.36                    
17.39........................................  17.37                    
17.42........................................  17.40                    
17.45........................................  17.41                    
17.45a.......................................  17.42                    
17.46b.......................................  17.44                    
17.46c.......................................  17.45                    
17.48........................................  17.47                    
17.48 (e)(6) and (e)(7)......................  17.47 (e)(1) and (e)(2)  
17.50a.......................................  17.51                    
17.50b.......................................  17.52                    
17.50c.......................................  17.53                    
17.50d.......................................  17.54                    
17.50f.......................................  17.55                    
17.51 (a)(4) and (5).........................  17.56 (a) and (b)        
17.51a.......................................  17.60                    
17.51h.......................................  17.61                    
17.51i.......................................  17.62                    
17.51j.......................................  17.63                    
17.51k.......................................  17.64                    
17.51l.......................................  17.65                    
17.51m.......................................  17.66                    
17.51n.......................................  17.67                    
17.51o.......................................  17.68                    
17.51p.......................................  17.69                    
17.51q.......................................  17.70                    
17.51r.......................................  17.71                    
17.51s.......................................  17.72                    
17.53a.......................................  17.80                    
17.53b.......................................  17.81                    
17.53c.......................................  17.82                    
17.53d.......................................  17.83                    
17.54........................................  17.84                    
17.56........................................  17.90                    
17.56a.......................................  17.91                    
17.59........................................  17.92                    
17.60a.......................................  17.94                    
17.60d.......................................  17.96                    
17.60e.......................................  17.97                    
17.60f.......................................  17.98                    
17.60g.......................................  17.99                    
17.61........................................  17.100                   
17.62........................................  17.101                   

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17.63........................................  17.102                   
17.64........................................  17.103                   
17.65........................................  17.104                   
17.65a.......................................  17.105                   
17.66........................................  17.106                   
17.70........................................  17.110                   
17.71........................................  17.111                   
17.75........................................  17.112                   
17.76........................................  17.113                   
17.77........................................  17.114                   
17.80........................................  17.120                   
17.80a.......................................  17.121                   
17.81........................................  17.122                   
17.82........................................  17.123                   
17.83........................................  17.124                   
17.84........................................  17.125                   
17.85........................................  17.126                   
17.86........................................  17.127                   
17.87........................................  17.128                   
17.88........................................  17.129                   
17.89........................................  17.130                   
17.90........................................  17.131                   
17.91........................................  17.132                   
17.95........................................  17.140                   
17.96........................................  17.141                   
17.98........................................  17.142                   
17.100.......................................  17.143                   
17.101.......................................  17.144                   
17.102.......................................  17.145                   
17.115.......................................  17.150                   
17.115b......................................  17.151                   
17.115d......................................  17.152                   
17.116.......................................  17.153                   
17.118.......................................  17.154                   
17.119.......................................  17.155                   
17.119a......................................  17.156                   
17.119b......................................  17.157                   
17.119c......................................  17.158                   
17.119d......................................  17.159                   
17.120.......................................  17.160                   
17.123a......................................  17.162                   
17.123b......................................  17.163                   
17.123c......................................  17.164                   
17.124.......................................  17.165                   
17.129.......................................  17.166                   
17.155.......................................  17.170                   
17.161.......................................  17.180                   
17.165.......................................  17.190                   
17.165a......................................  17.191                   
17.165b......................................  17.192                   
17.165d......................................  17.193                   
17.166.......................................  17.194                   
17.166a......................................  17.195                   
17.166b......................................  17.196                   
17.166c......................................  17.197                   
17.166d......................................  17.198                   
17.167.......................................  17.199                   
17.168.......................................  17.200                   
17.170.......................................  17.210                   
17.171.......................................  17.211                   
17.172.......................................  17.212                   
17.173.......................................  17.213                   
17.174.......................................  17.214                   
17.175.......................................  17.215                   
17.177.......................................  17.216                   
17.178.......................................  17.217                   
17.179.......................................  17.218                   
17.180.......................................  17.219                   
17.181.......................................  17.220                   
17.182.......................................  17.221                   
17.183.......................................  17.222                   
17.190.......................................  17.230                   
17.210.......................................  17.240                   
17.211.......................................  17.241                   
17.220.......................................  17.242                   
17.260.......................................  17.250                   
17.261.......................................  17.251                   
17.262.......................................  17.252                   
17.265.......................................  17.253                   
17.266.......................................  17.254                   
17.267.......................................  17.255                   
17.268.......................................  17.256                   
17.270.......................................  17.257                   
17.271.......................................  17.258                   
17.275.......................................  17.259                   
17.276.......................................  17.260                   
17.277.......................................  17.261                   
17.281.......................................  17.262                   
17.285.......................................  17.263                   
17.287.......................................  17.264                   
17.290.......................................  17.265                   
17.291.......................................  17.266                   
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Sec. 17.30  [Amended]

    10. In Sec. 17.30, the newly redesignated paragraphs (a)(3) and (b) 
are amended by removing ``17.100'' and adding ``17.142'' in place 
thereof.


Sec. 17.32  [Amended]

    11. In redesignated Sec. 17.32(e), ``Chief Medical Director'' is 
removed and ``Under Secretary for Health'' is added in place thereof.


Sec. 17.41  [Amended]

    12. In redesignated Sec. 17.41, the section heading is amended by 
removing ``entitled to'' and adding ``eligible for'' in place thereof.


Sec. 17.42  [Amended]

    13. In redesignated Sec. 17.42, ``Sec. 17.45'' is removed and 
``Sec. 17.41'' is added in place thereof.


Sec. 17.43  [Amended]

    14. In redesignated Sec. 17.43, paragraphs (a) and (b) introductory 
text are amended by removing ``Secs. 17.46b through 17.48'' and adding, 
``38 U.S.C. 1710, 1722, and 1729, and 38 CFR 17.44 and 17.45'' in place 
thereof.
    15. In redesignated Sec. 17.43(e), ``Sec. 17.62'' is removed and 
``Sec. 17.101'' is added in place thereof.


Sec. 17.46  [Amended]

    16. In redesignated Sec. 17.46(a), in the introductory text 
``paragraph (a) of this section,'' is removed and ``38 U.S.C. 
1710(a)(1),'' is added in place thereof, and in paragraph (a)(1) 
``Sec. 17.50(b)'' is removed and ``38 U.S.C. 1703 and 38 CFR 17.52'' is 
added in place thereof.


Sec. 17.47  [Amended]

    17. In redesignated Sec. 17.47(b)(1), ``Sec. 17.47(a)'' is removed 
in both places it appears and ``38 U.S.C. 1710(a)(1)'' is added in 
place thereof.
    18. In redesignated Sec. 17.47(e)(2), ``under Sec. 17.47 (a) or 
(c), rather than Sec. 17.47(d),'' is removed and ``under 38 U.S.C. 
1710(a)(1) rather than Sec. 1710(a)(2),'' is added in place thereof.
    19. In redesignated Sec. 17.47(f), ``17.47(d), or outpatient care 
under Sec. 17.60 (e) or (f) by virtue of the veteran's eligibility for 
hospital care under Sec. 17.47(d)'' is removed and ``38 U.S.C. 
1710(a)(2) or outpatient care under 38 U.S.C. 1712(a)(4) by virtue of 
the veteran's eligibility for hospital care under 38 U.S.C. 1710(a)'' 
is added in place thereof; and ``Chief Medical Director'' is removed 
and ``Under Secretary for Health'' is added in place thereof.
    20. In redesignated Sec. 17.47(g) introductory text, ``entitled 
to'' is removed and ``eligible for'' is added in place thereof.
    21. In redesignated Sec. 17.47(l), ``Sec. 17.47 or Sec. 17.60'' is 
removed and ``38 U.S.C. 1710 or 1712'' is added in place thereof.
    22. In Sec. 17.49, ``Sec. 17.47'' is removed and ``Sec. 17.46'' is 
added in place thereof.


Sec. 17.50  [Amended]

    23. In Sec. 17.50, ``eligible under Sec. 17.47'' is removed and 
``eligible under 38 U.S.C. 1710 or 38 CFR 17.44'' is added in place 
thereof.


Sec. 17.51  [Amended]

    24. In redesignated Sec. 17.51, ``Sec. 17.47'' is removed and ``38 
U.S.C. 1710 or 38 CFR 17.46'' is added in place thereof.


Sec. 17.52  [Amended]

    25. In redesignated Sec. 17.52(a), ``Sec. 17.50c'' is removed and 
``Sec. 17.53'' is added in place thereof.


Sec. 17.55  [Amended]

    26. In redesignated Sec. 17.55 introductory text, ``Sec. 17.50b'' 
is removed and ``38 U.S.C. 1703 or 38 CFR 17.52'' is added in place 
thereof.


Sec. 17.56  [Amended]

    27. In redesignated Sec. 17.56(b), ``Sec. 17.47(a) and (c), the 
Chief Medical Director'' is removed and ``38 U.S.C. 1710(a)(1), the 
Under Secretary for Health'' is added in place thereof; 
``Sec. 17.47(d)'' is removed and ``38 U.S.C. 1710(a)(2)'' is added in 
place thereof; and ``Sec. 17.48(e)'' is removed and ``38 U.S.C. 
1710(f)'' is added in place thereof.


Sec. 17.61  [Amended]

    28. In redesignated Sec. 17.61(c), ``Sec. 17.51j'' is removed and 
``Sec. 17.63'' is added in place thereof.


Sec. 17.62  [Amended]

    29. In redesignated Sec. 17.62 introductory text, ``Secs. 17.51h 
through 17.51s'' is removed and ``Secs. 17.61 through 17.72'' is added 
in place thereof.

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Sec. 17.64  [Amended]

    30. In redesignated Sec. 17.64(a), ``Sec. 17.51j(c)(3) and/or 
Sec. 17.51j(e)(2)'' is removed in paragraph (a) introductory text and 
(a)(1) and ``Sec. 17.63(c)(3) and/or Sec. 17.63(e)(2)'' is added in 
place thereof.


Sec. 17.65  [Amended]

    31. In redesignated Sec. 17.65(c), ``Sec. 17.51j(d) and the records 
standard set forth in Sec. 17.51j(i)'' is removed and ``Sec. 17.63(d) 
and the records standard set forth in Sec. 17.63(i)'' is added in place 
thereof.
    32. In redesignated Sec. 17.65(d), ``Sec. 17.51j(d) of this part; 
the bedroom standard set forth in Sec. 17.51j(e) of this part; the 
activities standard set forth in Sec. 17.51j(g) of this part; and the 
records standard set forth in Sec. 17.51j(i)'' is removed and 
``Sec. 17.63(d) of this part; the bedroom standard set forth in 
Sec. 17.63(e) of this part; the activities standard set forth in 
Sec. 17.63(g) of this part; and the records standard set forth in 
Sec. 17.63(i)'' is added in place thereof.


Sec. 17.66  [Amended]

    33. In redesignated Sec. 17.66 introductory text, ``Sec. 17.51j'' 
is removed and ``Sec. 17.63'' is added in place thereof.


Sec. 17.69  [Amended]

    34. In redesignated Sec. 17.69 introductory text, ``Sec. 17.51m'' 
is removed and ``Sec. 17.66'' is added in place thereof.
    35. In redesignated Sec. 17.69 introductory text, ``Sec. 17.51o'' 
is removed and ``Sec. 17.68'' is added in place thereof.


Sec. 17.70  [Amended]

    36. In redesignated Sec. 17.70(c)(2), ``Sec. 17.51j'' is removed 
and ``Sec. 17.63'' is added in place thereof.


Sec. 17.71  [Amended]

    37. In redesignated Sec. 17.71(a), ``Sec. 17.51q'' is removed and 
``Sec. 17.70'' is added in place thereof and ``Sec. 17.51j'' is removed 
and ``Sec. 17.63'' is added in place thereof.
    38. In redesignated Sec. 17.71(c), ``Sec. 17.51j'' is removed and 
``Sec. 17.63'' is added in place thereof and ``Secs. 17.51m-17.51r'' is 
removed and ``Secs. 17.66-17.71'' is added in place thereof.


Sec. 17.81  [Amended]

    39. In redesignated Sec. 17.81(a) introductory text, 
``Sec. 17.53a(a)'' is removed and ``Sec. 17.80(a)'' is added in place 
thereof; and ``Chief Medical Director'' is removed and ``Under 
Secretary for Health'' is added in place thereof.


Sec. 17.82  [Amended]

    40. In redesignated Sec. 17.82(a) introductory text, 
``Sec. 17.53a'' is removed and ``Sec. 17.80'' is added in place 
thereof.


Sec. 17.84  [Amended]

    41. In redesignated Sec. 17.84(c), ``Chief Medical Director'' is 
removed and ``Under Secretary for Health'' is added in place thereof.


Sec. 17.90  [Amended]

    42. In redesignated Sec. 17.90(a), ``Sec. 17.48(j)'' is removed and 
``Sec. 17.47(j)'' is added in place thereof.


Sec. 17.92  [Amended]

    43. In redesignated Sec. 17.92, ``Sec. 17.62(g)'' is removed and 
``Sec. 17.101'' is added in place thereof.


Sec. 17.93  [Amended]

    44. In redesignated Sec. 17.93(a), ``Sec. 17.123'' is removed and 
``Sec. 17.161'' is added in place thereof.
    45. In redesignated Sec. 17.93(b), ``in paragraphs (a) and (b)'' is 
removed and ``in this section and 38 U.S.C. 1712 (a)(1) and (a)(2)'' is 
added in place thereof and ``Sec. 17.50b'' is removed and 
``Sec. 17.52'' is added in place thereof.
    46. In redesignated Sec. 17.93(c)(1), ``Sec. 17.48(j)'' is removed 
and ``Sec. 17.47(j)'' is added in place thereof.


Secs. 17.94, 17.95  [Amended]

    47. In redesignated Secs. 17.94 and 17.95(a), ``Sec. 17.62'' is 
removed from each and ``Sec. 17.101'' is added in each place thereof.


Sec. 17.97  [Amended]

    48. In redesignated Sec. 17.97, ``Sec. 17.60d'' is removed and ``38 
U.S.C. 1712(h)'' is added in place thereof.


Sec. 17.98  [Amended]

    49. In redesignated Sec. 17.98(a), ``Sec. 17.30(1)(2) of this 
part'' is removed and ``38 U.S.C. 1701(6)(B)'' is added in place 
thereof; and ``Secs. 17.47, 17.54, 17.57 or 17.60(a), (b), or (f)'' is 
removed and ``38 U.S.C. 1710, 1712, 1712A, 1713, or 1717, or 38 CFR. 
17.84'' is added in place thereof.


Sec. 17.101  [Amended]

    50. In redesignated Sec. 17.101(a), ``Sec. 17.35'' is removed and 
``Sec. 17.34'' is added in place thereof.
    51. In redesignated Sec. 17.101(b)(1), ``Sec. 17.46(c)(1) or 
Sec. 17.60b'' is removed and ``Sec. 17.43(c)(1) or Sec. 17.95'' is 
added in place thereof.
    52. In redesignated Sec. 17.101(d), ``Chief Medical Director'' is 
removed and ``Under Secretary for Health'' is added in place thereof.
    53. In redesignated Sec. 17.101(f), ``Chief Medical Director'' is 
removed and ``Under Secretary for Health'' is added in place thereof.


Sec. 17.102  [Amended]

    54. In redesignated Sec. 17.102, ``Sec. 17.62'' is removed and 
``Sec. 17.101'' is added in place thereof.


Sec. 17.103  [Amended]

    55. In redesignated Sec. 17.103(a) introductory text, 
``Sec. 17.62(a)'' is removed and ``Sec. 17.101(a)'' is added in place 
thereof.
    56. In redesignated Sec. 17.103(c)(1), ``Sec. 17.62(a)'' is removed 
and ``Sec. 17.101(a)'' is added in place thereof.
    57. In redesignated Sec. 17.103(c)(3), ``Sec. 17.65a(c)'' is 
removed and ``Sec. 17.105(c)'' is added in place thereof.


Sec. 17.104  [Amended]

    58. In redesignated Sec. 17.104(a), ``Sec. 17.62(a) or (b)'' is 
removed and ``Sec. 17.101(a) or (b)'' is added in place thereof.


Sec. 17.105  [Amended]

    59. In redesignated Sec. 17.105(a), ``Sec. 17.62(a)'' is removed 
and ``Sec. 17.101(a)'' is added in place thereof.
    60. In redesignated Sec. 17.105(b), ``Sec. 17.64(b)'' is removed 
and ``Sec. 17.103(b)'' is added in place thereof.


Sec. 17.112  [Amended]

    61. In redesignated Sec. 17.112, ``Secs. 17.76 and 17.77'' is 
removed and ``Secs. 17.113 and 17.114'' is added in place thereof.


Sec. 17.114  [Amended]

    62. In redesignated Sec. 17.114, ``Sec. 17.76'' is removed wherever 
it appears and ``Sec. 17.113'' is added in place thereof.


Sec. 17.122  [Amended]

    63. In redesignated Sec. 17.122, ``Sec. 17.48(g),'' is removed and 
``17.47(g)'' is added in place thereof.


Sec. 17.125  [Amended]

    64. In redesignated Sec. 17.125(b), ``Regional Office, Manila'' is 
removed and ``Outpatient Clinic (358/00), 2201 Roxas Blvd., Pasay City, 
1300, Republic of the Philippines'' is added in place thereof.
    65. In redesignated Sec. 17.125(c), ``Chief, Outpatient Service, 
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 50 Irving Street NW., 
Washington, DC 20422'' is removed and ``Chief, Medical Administration 
Service (136), Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, White 
River Junction, VT 05009'' is added in place thereof.
    66. In redesignated Sec. 17.125(d), ``may be filed with the 
American Embassy or consulate in the country where services were 
provided. Claims will be developed and forwarded to the VA

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Medical Center, Washington, DC, for final action. Claims may be 
submitted directly to the VA Medical Center, Washington, DC, if the 
veteran has returned to the United States before having had a chance to 
contact the appropriate Embassy or Consulate'' is removed and ``must be 
mailed to the Health Administration Center, P.O. Box 65023, Denver, CO 
80206-3023'' is added in place thereof.


Sec. 17.128  [Amended]

    67. In redesignated Sec. 17.128 introductory text, ``Sec. 17.80'' 
is removed and ``Sec. 17.120'' is added in place thereof.


Sec. 17.129  [Amended]

    68. In redesignated Sec. 17.129, ``Sec. 17.85'' is removed and 
``Sec. 17.126'' is added in place thereof.


Sec. 17.141  [Amended]

    69. In redesignated Sec. 17.141, ``The VA Medical Center, 
Washington, DC,'' is removed and ``The Health Administration Center in 
Denver, CO,'' is added in place thereof, and ``except the Republic of 
the Philippines'' is removed and ``except Canada which will be referred 
to the VA Medical Center in White River Junction, VT, and the Republic 
of the Philippines which will be referred to the VA Outpatient Clinic 
in Pasay City'' is added in place thereof.
    70. In redesignated Sec. 17.143, paragraph (a) is revised to read 
as follows:


Sec. 17.143  Transportation of claimants and beneficiaries.

    (a) ``If travel will be provided, it shall be paid in accordance 
with 38 U.S.C. 111 and this section.'' is added in place thereof.

(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 111)
* * * * *


Sec. 17.143  [Amended]

    71. In redesignated Sec. 17.143(f)(1), ``Secs. 17.47 and 17.54'' is 
removed and ``38 U.S.C. 1710, 38 CFR 17.46 and 17.84'' is added in 
place thereof.
    72. In redesignated Sec. 17.143(h), ``Sec. 17.60 (e) and (f)'' is 
removed and ``38 U.S.C. 1712(a)(5), and 1717'' is added in place 
thereof.
    73. In redesignated Sec. 17.143(k)(1), ``Sec. 17.101'' is removed 
and ``38 U.S.C. 111(c) and 38 CFR 17.144'' is added in place thereof.
    74. In redesignated Sec. 17.143(k)(2), ``for veterans under 
Sec. 17.60 (h) and (i);'' is removed; ``for veterans under Sec. 17.93 
(a)(2) and (d)(3)'' is added in place thereof; and ``Sec. 17.48(g), 
subject to limitations described in Sec. 17.101'' is removed and 
``17.47(j), subject to limitations described in Sec. 17.144'' is added 
in place thereof.
    75. In redesignated Sec. 17.143(m), ``Sec. 17.100, Sec. 17.101 or 
Sec. 17.102'' is removed and ``38 U.S.C. 111 and 38 CFR 17.143, 17.144 
and 17.145'' is added in place thereof.


Sec. 17.145  [Amended]

    76. In redesignated Sec. 17.145, an authority citation is added 
immediately following paragraph (b) to read: ``(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 
111).''


Sec. 17.150  [Amended]

    77. In redesignated Sec. 17.150(a), ``Sec. 17.60 (a) through (d) 
and (k) through (m) (or a necessary part of outpatient care authorized 
under Sec. 17.60a)'' is removed and ``38 U.S.C. 1712 and 38 CFR 17.93 
(or a necessary part of outpatient care authorized under Sec. 17.94)'' 
is added in place thereof.


Sec. 17.157  [Amended]

    78. In redesignated Sec. 17.157, ``Chief Medical Director'' is 
removed and ``Under Secretary for Health'' is added in place thereof; 
and ``Sec. 17.119a'' is removed and ``Sec. 17.156'' is added in place 
thereof.


Sec. 17.158  [Amended]

    79. In redesignated Sec. 17.158(b), ``Chief Medical Director'' is 
removed and ``Under Secretary for Health'' is added in place thereof.


Sec. 17.160  [Amended]

    80. In redesignated Sec. 17.160(f), ``Sec. 17.48(g)'' is removed 
and ``17.47(g)'' is added in place thereof.
    81. In redesignated Sec. 17.160(g), ``Chief Medical Director'' is 
removed and ``Under Secretary for Health'' is added in place thereof.


Sec. 17.161  [Amended]

    82. In redesignated Sec. 17.161 introductory text, ``Sec. 17.60 (a) 
to (d)'' is removed and ``38 U.S.C. 1712(b) and 38 CFR 17.93'' is added 
in place thereof.
    83. In redesignated Sec. 17.161(i), ``Sec. 17.48(g)'' is removed 
and ``17.47(g)'' is added in place thereof.


Sec. 17.162  [Amended]

    84. In redesignated Sec. 17.162, ``Sec. 17.123(b)'' is removed and 
``Sec. 17.161(b)'' is added in place thereof.


Sec. 17.170  [Amended]

    85. In redesignated Sec. 17.170(f), ``Sec. 17.60'' is removed and 
``38 U.S.C. 1712 and 38 CFR 17.93'' is added in place thereof.


Sec. 17.190  [Amended]

    86. In redesignated Sec. 17.190(d), ``Sec. 17.166a(b)'' is removed 
and ``Sec. 17.195(b)'' is added in place thereof.


Sec. 17.191  [Amended]

    87. In redesignated Sec. 17.191, ``Chief Medical Director'' is 
removed in both places and ``Under Secretary for Health'' is added in 
both places.


Sec. 17.192  [Amended]

    88. In redesignated Sec. 17.192, the third sentence is removed.


Sec. 17.212  [Amended]

    89. In redesignated Sec. 17.212(a), ``Secs. 17.170 through 17.177'' 
is removed and ``38 U.S.C. 8131 through 8137 and Secs. 17.210 through 
17.216'' is added in place thereof.
    90. In redesignated Sec. 17.212(b), ``Sec. 17.173(d)'' is removed 
and ``Sec. 17.213(d)'' is added in place thereof.


Sec. 17.213  [Amended]

    91. In redesignated Sec. 17.213(a)(3), ``Secs. 17.170 through 
17.177'' is removed and ``38 U.S.C. 8135 and 38 CFR 17.210 through 
17.216'' is added in place thereof.
    92. In redesignated Sec. 17.213(c)(1) introductory text, 
``Secs. 17.170 through 17.177 and appendix A to Sec. 17.171'' is 
removed and ``Secs. 17.210 through 17.216 and appendix A to 
Sec. 17.211'' is added in place thereof.


Sec. 17.214  [Amended]

    93. In redesignated Sec. 17.214(a) introductory text, 
``Sec. 17.173'' is removed and ``Sec. 17.213'' is added in place 
thereof.


Sec. 17.215  [Amended]

    94. In redesignated Sec. 17.215(b), in the first and second 
sentences ``Sec. 17.165'' is removed and ``Sec. 17.190'' is added in 
place thereof.


Sec. 17.216  [Amended]

    95. In redesignated Sec. 17.216(c), ``Secs. 17.178 through 17.179'' 
is removed and ``Secs. 17.217 and 17.218'' is added in place thereof.


Sec. 17.217  [Amended]

    96. In redesignated Sec. 17.217(b), ``Sec. 17.183'' is removed and 
``Sec. 17.222'' is added in place thereof.


Sec. 17.220  [Amended]

    97. In redesignated Sec. 17.220(b)(5), ``Sec. 17.183(c)(5)(i)'' is 
removed and ``Sec. 17.222(c)(5)(i)'' is added in place thereof.


Sec. 17.250  [Amended]

    98. In redesignated Sec. 17.250, ``Sec. 17.260 through 17.291'' is 
removed and

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``Sec. 17.250 through Sec. 17.266'' is added in place thereof.


Sec. 17.254  [Amended]

    99. In redesignated Sec. 17.254 introductory text, ``Chief Medical 
Director'' is removed both times it appears and ``Under Secretary for 
Health'' is added in place thereof both times it appears.


Sec. 17.255  [Amended]

    100. In redesignated Sec. 17.255, ``Sec. 17.266'' is removed and 
``Sec. 17.254'' is added in place thereof.


Sec. 17.257  [Amended]

    101. In redesignated Sec. 17.257 introductory text, ``Chief Medical 
Director'' is removed and ``Under Secretary for Health'' is added in 
place thereof.
    102. In redesignated Sec. 17.257(b), ``Sec. 17.271'' is removed and 
``Sec. 17.258'' is added in place thereof.
    103. In redesignated Sec. 17.257(c), ``Secs. 17.266 through 
17.268'' is removed and ``Secs. 17.254 through 17.256'' is added in 
place thereof.


Sec. 17.258  [Amended]

    104. In redesignated Sec. 17.258(b), ``Secs. 17.266 through 
17.267'' is removed and ``Secs. 17.254 through 17.256'' is added in 
place thereof.
    105. In redesignated Sec. 17.258(c), ``Secs. 17.275 through 
17.277'' is removed and ``Secs. 17.259 through 17.261'' is added in 
place thereof.


Sec. 17.262  [Amended]

    106. In redesignated Sec. 17.262, ``Chief Medical Director'' is 
removed and ``Under Secretary for Health'' is added in place thereof.


Sec. 17.350  [Amended]

    107. In Sec. 17.350, ``Secs. 17.37 through 17.42'' is removed and 
``38 U.S.C. 1724 and Sec. 1732, and 38 CFR 17.36 through 17.40'' is 
added in place thereof.


Sec. 17.355  [Amended]

    108. In Sec. 17.355, ``Chief Medical Director'' is removed and 
``Under Secretary for Health'' is added in place thereof.


Sec. 17.364  [Amended]

    109. In Sec. 17.364(a), ``Secs. 17.37 through 17.39'' is removed 
and ``38 U.S.C. 1724 and 1732, and 38 CFR 17.36 through 17.37'' is 
added in place thereof.


Sec. 17.367  [Amended]

    110. In Sec. 17.367, ``Secs. 17.37 through 17.42'' is removed and 
``38 U.S.C. 1724 and 1732, and 38 CFR 17.36 through 17.40'' is added in 
place thereof.
* * * * *
    111. In Sec. 17.601 paragraph (f) is revised to read as follows:


Sec. 17.601  Definitions.

    (f) Under Secretary for Health means the Under Secretary for Health 
for Veterans Health Administration or designee.
* * * * *


Sec. 17.603, 17.608, 17.609  [Amended]

    112. In Secs. 17.603, 17.608(c) introductory text, and 17.609, 
``Chief Medical Director'' is removed and ``Under Secretary for 
Health'' is added in each place thereof.
[FR Doc. 96-11637 Filed 5-10-96; 8:45 am]
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