[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 199 (Monday, October 15, 2018)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 51836]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-22363]


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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

20 CFR Part 416

[Docket No. SSA-2012-0035]
RIN 0960-AH51


Revisions to Rules Regarding the Evaluation of Medical Evidence; 
Correction

AGENCY: Social Security Administration.

ACTION: Correcting amendment.

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SUMMARY: On January 18, 2017, we published final rules in the Federal 
Register revising our medical evidence rules. Those final rules 
inadvertently included a typographical error. This document corrects 
the final regulations.

DATES: Effective October 15, 2018, and applicable beginning March 27, 
2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joshua Silverman, Office of 
Vocational, Evaluation, and Process Policy, Office of Disability 
Policy, Social Security Administration, 6401 Security Boulevard, 
Baltimore, Maryland 21235-6401, (410) 594-2128. For information on 
eligibility or filing for benefits, call our national toll-free number, 
1-800-772-1213 or TTY 1-800-325-0778, or visit our internet site, 
Social Security Online, at http://www.socialsecurity.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We published final rules in the Federal 
Register on January 18, 2017 (82 FR 5844, corrected March 27, 2017, at 
82 FR 15132) titled Revisions to Rules Regarding the Evaluation of 
Medical Evidence. The final rules, among other things, amended the 
regulatory text for acceptable medical sources by adding licensed 
audiologists to the list of acceptable medical sources in 20 CFR 
416.902(a)(6). We inadvertently included duplicative wording in that 
section of the rules. This document amends the regulations by deleting 
the duplication of three words (for impairments of) and corrects the 
final rules.

List of Subjects in 20 CFR Part 416

    Administrative practice and procedure, Reporting and recordkeeping 
requirements, Supplemental Security Income (SSI).

    Accordingly, 20 CFR part 416, subpart I is corrected by making the 
following correcting amendment:

PART 416--SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME FOR THE AGED, BLIND, AND 
DISABLED

Subpart I--Determining Disability and Blindness

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1. The authority citation for subpart I of part 416 continues to read 
as follows:

    Authority:  Secs. 221(m), 702(a)(5), 1611, 1614, 1619, 1631(a), 
(c), (d)(1), and (p), and 1633 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
421(m), 902(a)(5), 1382, 1382c, 1382h, 1383(a), (c), (d)(1), and 
(p), and 1383b); secs. 4(c) and 5, 6(c)-(e), 14(a), and 15, Pub. L. 
98-460, 98 Stat. 1794, 1801, 1802, and 1808 (42 U.S.C. 421 note, 423 
note, and 1382h note).

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2. Amend Sec.  416.902 by revising paragraph (a)(6) to read as follows:


Sec.  416.902  Definitions for this subpart.

* * * * *
    (a) * * *
    (6) Licensed audiologist for impairments of hearing loss, auditory 
processing disorders, and balance disorders within the licensed scope 
of practice only (with respect to claims filed (see Sec.  416.325) on 
or after March 27, 2017);
* * * * *

Nancy A. Berryhill,
Acting Commissioner of Social Security.
[FR Doc. 2018-22363 Filed 10-12-18; 8:45 am]
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