Fed Regist. 2007 Aug 23;72(163):48239-42.
This document amends the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) regulations to implement section 204 of the Veterans Benefits, Health Care, and Information Technology Act of 2006. This regulatory change will provide authority for VA to provide individually-identifiable VA medical records of veterans or dependents of veterans who are deceased or whose death is imminent to representatives of organ procurement organizations (OPOs) as defined in section 371(b) of the Public Health Service Act (PHS Act), eye banks, and tissue banks to determine whether the patients are suitable potential donors.
本文件修订了退伍军人事务部(VA)的法规,以实施2006年《退伍军人福利、医疗保健和信息技术法案》第204条。这一监管变化将赋予退伍军人事务部权力,向《公共卫生服务法》(PHS法)第371(b)条所定义的器官采购组织(OPO)、眼库和组织库的代表提供已故或即将死亡的退伍军人或退伍军人受抚养人的可识别个人身份的VA医疗记录,以确定这些患者是否为合适的潜在捐赠者。