[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 98 (Friday, May 21, 1999)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 27733-27734]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-12880]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

38 CFR Part 17

RIN 2900-AJ07


Medication Prescribing Authority

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.

ACTION: Proposed rule; withdrawal.

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SUMMARY: This document withdraws our proposal to amend our medical 
regulations concerning the prescribing of medications which was 
published in the Federal Register on May 4, 1999 (64 FR 23812). We 
proposed to change the regulations by stating that health care

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professionals, other than physicians, are able to prescribe medications 
as authorized by VA and to conduct the necessary medication reviews. We 
also proposed to amend the regulations to allow for VA health care 
professionals to issue prescriptions by electronic means in addition to 
ordering prescriptions by telephone. We have decided that we should 
reconsider issues raised in the proposal and intend to publish a new 
proposal with clarifications.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas V. Holohan, M.D., FACP, Chief 
Patient Care Services Officer (11), Veterans Health Administration, 
202-273-8474. (This is not a toll-free number.)

    Approved: May 17, 1999.
Togo D. West, Jr.,
Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 99-12880 Filed 5-20-99; 8:45 am]
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