Fed Regist. 2014 Jan 8;79(5):1332-3.
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) amends its regulations to remove an outdated regulation that stated that a veteran who misses two medical appointments without providing 24 hours' notice and a reasonable excuse is deemed to have refused VA medical care. VA removes this penalty because we believe it is incompatible with regulatory changes implemented after the regulation was promulgated, is not in line with current practice, and is inconsistent with VA's patient-centered approach to medical care.
美国退伍军人事务部（VA）修订其法规，以删除一项过时的规定，该规定指出，退伍军人若未提前24小时通知且未提供合理理由而错过两次医疗预约，则被视为拒绝接受VA的医疗服务。VA取消了这项处罚，因为我们认为它与该规定颁布后实施的监管变化不相容，不符合当前的做法，也与VA以患者为中心的医疗服务方式不一致。
