Fed Regist. 2011 Feb 8;76(26):6694-6.
This document amends Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) regulations to reflect changes made by section 504 of the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 2010. Section 504 authorizes a VA practitioner, when the practitioner deems it necessary to ensure an informed medical decision, to share certain, otherwise protected medical information with the representative of a patient who lacks decision-making capacity. This rulemaking amends VA regulations consistent with this new authority.
本文件修订了退伍军人事务部（VA）的规定，以反映2010年《照顾者与退伍军人综合健康服务法案》第504条所做的变更。第504条授权VA执业人员在认为有必要确保做出明智的医疗决定时，与缺乏决策能力的患者代表分享某些原本受保护的医疗信息。本次规则制定根据这项新授权对VA规定进行了修订。
