**Part 17 --- Medical**

**Authority:** 38 U.S.C. 501, 1721, and as noted in specific sections.

**Ed. Note:** Nomenclature changes to Part 17 appear at 61 FR 7216, Feb.
27, 1996

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**Aid to States for care of Veterans in State Homes**

Aid for domiciliary care 17.194-1

Aid for hospital care 17.196-1

Amount of aid payable 17.197-1

Approval of annexes and new facilities 17.192-1

Audit of State homes 17.200-1

Department of Veterans Affairs approval of eligibility required 17.198-1

Filing applications 17.191-1

Inspection of recognized State homes 17.199-1

Prerequisites for payments to State homes 17.193-1

Recognition of a State home 17.190-1

**Automotive Equipment and Driver Training**

Definition-adaptive equipment 17.157-1

Eligibility for automobile adaptive equipment 17.156-1

Limitations on assistance 17.158-1

Minimum standards of safety and quality for automotive adaptive
equipment 17.155-1

Obtaining vehicles for special driver training courses 17.159-1

**Autopsies**

Autopsies 17.170-1

**Breaking Appointments**

Refusal of treatment by unnecessarily breaking appointments 17.100-1

#  Care During Certain Disasters and Emergencies

Provision of hospital care and medical services during certain disasters

and emergencies under 38 U.S.C. 1785 17.86

**Ceremonies**

Services or ceremonies on Department of Veterans Affairs hospital or

center reservations 17.112-1

**Charges, Waivers, And Collections**

Collection or recovery by VA for medical care or services provided or

furnished to a veteran for a non-service connected disability 17.101-1

Charges for care or services 17.102-1

Referrals of compromise settlement offers 17.103-1

Terminations and suspensions 17.104-1

Waivers 17.105-1

**Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans
Affairs (CHAMPVA)---Medical Care for Survivors and Dependents of Certain
Veterans**

Appeal/review process 17.276-1

Benefit limitations/exclusions 17.272-1

Claim filing deadline 17.275-1

Confidentiality of records 17.278-1

Cost sharing 17.274-1

Eligibility 17.271-1

General provisions 17.270-1

Preauthorization 17.273-1

Third party liability/medical care cost recovery 17.277-1

**Community Residential Care**

Approval of community residential care facilities 17.63-1

Availability of information 17.72-1

Definitions 17.62-1

Duration of approval 17.65-1

Eligibility 17.61-1

Exceptions to standards in community residential care facilities 17.64-1

Notice and conduct of hearing 17.68-1

Notice of noncompliance with VA standards 17.66-1

Request for a hearing 17.67-1

Revocation of VA approval 17.71-1

Waiver of opportunity for hearing 17.69-1

Written decision following a hearing 17.70-1

**Confidentiality of Healthcare Quality Assurance Review Records**

Access to quality assurance records and documents within the agency
17.508-1

Appeal of decision by Veterans Health Administration to deny disclosure
17.506-1

Applicability of other statutes 17.502-1

Authorized disclosure: Non-Department of Veterans Affairs requests
17.509-1

Confidential and privileged documents 17.501-1

Disclosure authorities 17.505-1

Disclosure methods 17.504-1

Employee responsibilities 17.507-1

General 17.500-1

Improper disclosure 17.503-1

Penalties for violations 17.511-1

Redisclosure 17.510-1

**Copayments**

Copayments for inpatient hospital care and outpatient medical care
17.108-1

Copayments for medication 17.110-1

Copayments for Extended care services 17.111-1

**Definitions and Active Duty**

Definitions 17.30-1

Duty periods defined 17.31-1

**Delegations of Authority**

Authority to adjudicate foreign reimbursement claims 17.141-1

Authority to adjudicate reimbursement claims 17.140-1

Authority to approve sharing agreements, contracts for scarce medical

specialist services and contracts for other medical services 17.142-1

**Dental Services**

Authorization of dental examinations 17.160-1

Authorization of outpatient dental treatment 17.161-1

Dental services for hospital or nursing home patients and

domiciled members 17.166-1

Eligibility for Class II dental treatment without rating action 17.162-1

Emergency outpatient dental treatment 17.165-1

Patient responsibility in making and keeping dental appointments
17.164-1

Posthospital outpatient dental treatment 17.163-1

**Disciplinary Control of Beneficiaries Receiving Hospital, Domiciliary
or**

**Nursing Home Care**

Authority for disciplinary action 17.106-1

**Enrollment Provisions and Medical Benefits Package**

Additional services for indigents 17.40-1

Certain Filipino veterans 17.39-1

Enrollment not required--provision of hospital and outpatient care to
veterans 17.37-1

Enrollment--provision of hospital and outpatient care to veterans
17.36-1

Medical benefits package 17.38-1

**Examination and Observation and Examination**

Examinations on an outpatient basis 17.42-1

Persons eligible for hospital observation and physical examination
17.41-1

**Grants for Exchange of Information**

Amended or supplemental applications 17.256-1

Applicants for grants 17.253-1

Applications 17.254-1

Applications for grants for programs which include construction projects
17.255-1

Authority to approve applications discretionary 17.262-1

Awards procedures 17.257-1

Copyrights and patents 17.266-1

Direct costs 17.259-1

Ex officio member of subcommittee 17.252-1

Indirect costs. 17.261-1

Patient care costs to be excluded from direct costs 17.260-1

Payments 17.265-1

Recoupments and releases 17.264-1

Scope of the grant program 17.250-1

Subcommittee on Academic Affairs 17.251-1

Suspension and termination procedures 17.263-1

Terms and conditions to which awards are subject 17.258-1

**Grants to States for Construction or Acquisition of State Home
Facilities**

Application phase 17.220-1

Applications with respect to projects 17.213-1

Definitions 17.210-1

Disallowance of a grant application and notice of a right to hearing
17.214-1

Domiciliary and nursing home care program 17.217-1

Equipment 17.221-1

General design guidelines and standards 17.222-1

General program requirements for construction and acquisition of and

equipment for State home facilities 17.216-1

Maximum number of nursing home beds for veterans by State 17.211-1

Preapplication phase 17.219-1

Recapture provisions 17.215-1

Scope of grants program 17.212-1

State home hospital program 17.218-1

**Grants to the Republic of the Philippines**

Acceptance of medical supplies as payment 17.362-1

Admission priorities 17.365-1

Amounts and use of grant funds for the replacement and upgrading of

equipment 17.352-1

Authorization of emergency admissions 17.366-1

Awards procedures 17.355-1

Eligibility determinations 17.364-1

Grants for the replacement and upgrading of equipment at Veterans

Memorial Medical Center 17.351-1

Inspections 17.369-1

Length of stay 17.363-1

Program of assistance to the Philippines 17.350-1

Republic of the Philippines to print forms 17.367-1

Termination of payments 17.370-1

**Health Care for a Vietnam Veteran's Child With Spina Bifida**

Definitions 17.901-1

Medical records 17.905-1

Payment 17.903-1

Preauthorization 17.902-1

Review and appeal process 17.904-1

Spina bifida-provision of health care 17.900-1

**Hospital, Domiciliary and Nursing Home Care**

Priorities for Outpatient Medical Services and Inpatient Hospital Care
17.49-1

Compensated Work Therapy/Transitional Residences program 17.48-1

Considerations applicable in determining eligibility for hospital,
nursing

home or domiciliary care 17.47-1

Eligibility for hospital, domiciliary or nursing home care of persons

discharged or released from active military, naval, or air service
17.46-1

Hospital care for certain retirees with chronic disability (Executive

Orders 10122, 10400 and 11733) 17.44-1

Hospital care for research purposes 17.45-1

Persons entitled to hospital or domiciliary care 17.43-1

**Hospital or Nursing Home Care and Medical Services in Foreign
Countries**

Hospital care and medical services in foreign countries 17.35-1

**Outpatient Treatment**

Eligibility for outpatient services 17.93-1

Mental health services 17.98-1

Outpatient care for research purposes 17.92-1

Outpatient medical services for Department of Veterans Affairs

employees and others in emergencies 17.95-1

Outpatient medical services for military retirees and other
beneficiaries 17.94-1

Prescriptions filled 17.96-1

Prescriptions in Alaska, and territories and possessions 17.97-1

Priorities for medical services 17.99-1

**Payment and Reimbursement of the Expenses of Medical Services not**

**Previously Authorized**

Allowable rates and fees 17.128-1

Appeals 17.132-1

Claimants 17.123-1

Date of filing claims 17.127-1

Limitations On payment or reimbursement of the costs of emergency

hospital care and medical services not previously authorized 17.121-1

Payment for treatment dependent upon preference prohibited 17.130-1

Payment of abandoned claims prohibited 17.131-1

Payment or reimbursement of the expenses of hospital care and other

medical services not previously authorized 17.120-1

Payment or reimbursement of the expenses of repairs to prosthetic
appliances

and similar devices furnished without prior authorization 17.122-1

Preparation of claims 17.124-1

Retroactive payments prohibited 17.129-1

Timely filing 17.126-1

Where to file claims 17.125-1

**Payment or Reimbursement for Emergency Services for Nonservice-**

**Connected Conditions in Non-VA Facilities**

Balance billing prohibited 17.1008-1

Decisionmakers 17.1006-1

Definitions 17.1001-1

Emergency transportation 17.1003-1

Filing claims 17.1004-1

Independent right of recovery 17.1007-1

Payment limitations 17.1005-1

Payment or reimbursement for emergency services for

nonservice-connected conditions in non-VA facilities 17.1000-1

Substantive conditions for payment or reimbursement 17.1002-1

**Prosthetic, Sensory, and Rehabilitative Aids**

Devices to assist in overcoming the handicap of deafness 17.152-1

Dog-guides and equipment for blind 17.154-1

Invalid lifts for recipients of aid and attendance allowance or special

monthly compensation 17.151-1

Prosthetic and similar appliances 17.150-1

Sensori-neural Aids 17.149-1

Training in the use of appliances 17.153-1

**Protection of Patient Rights**

Informed consent and advance health care planning 17.32-1

Patients' rights 17.33-1

**Reconsideration of Denied Claims**

Procedures 17.133-1

**Reimbursement for Loss by Natural Disaster of Personal Effects of**

**Hospitalized or Nursing Home Patients**

Claims in cases of incompetent patients 17.115-1

Conditions of custody 17.113-1

Submittal of claim for reimbursement 17.114-1

**Reimbursement to Employees for the Cost of Repairing or Replacing**

**Certain Personal Property Damaged or Destroyed By Patients or
Members**

Adjudication of claims 17.116-1

**Research-related Injuries**

Treatment of research-related injuries to human subjects 17.85-1

**Sharing of Medical Facilities, Equipment, and Information**

Contingency backup to the Department of Defense 17.230-1

Coordination of programs with Department of Health and

Human Services 17.242-1

Sharing medical information services 17.241-1

Sharing specialized medical resources 17.240-1

**Tentative Eligibility Determinations**

Tentative eligibility determinations 17.34-1

**Transitional Housing Loan Program**

Additional terms of loans 17.805-1

Application provisions 17.802-1

Definitions 17.801-1

Loan approval criteria 17.804-1

Order of consideration 17.803-1

Purpose 17.800-1

**Use of Community Nursing Home Care Facilities**

Extensions of community nursing home care beyond six months 17.60-1

Use of community nursing homes 17.57-1

**Use of Department of Defense, Public Health Service or Other Federal
Hospitals**

Emergency use of Department of Defense, Public Health Service or

other Federal hospitals 17.51-1

Use of Department of Defense, Public Health Service, or other

Federal hospitals with beds allocated to the Department of

Veterans Affairs 17.50-1

**Use of Public or Private Hospitals**

Hospital care and medical services in non-VA facilities 17.52-1

Limitations on use of public or private hospitals 17.53-1

Necessity for prior authorization 17.54-1

Payment for authorized public or private hospital care 17.55-1

Payment for non-VA physician and other health care professional services
17.56-1

**Use of Services of Other Federal Agencies**

Alcohol and drug dependence or abuse treatment and rehabilitation in

residential and nonresidential facilities by contract 17.80-1

Contracts for outpatient services for veterans with alcohol or drug

dependence or abuse disabilities 17.82-1

Contracts for residential treatment services for veterans with alcohol
or

drug dependence or abuse disabilities 17.81-1

Limitations on payment for alcohol and drug dependence or abuse

treatment and rehabilitation 17.83-1

**VA Health Professional Scholarship Program**

Application for the scholarship program 17.604-1

Availability of scholarships 17.603-1

Award procedures 17.606-1

Bankruptcy 17.611-1

Cancellation, waiver, or suspension of obligation 17.612-1

Deferment of obligated service 17.608-1

Definitions 17.601-1

Eligibility 17.602-1

Failure to comply with terms and conditions of participation 17.610-1

Obligated service 17.607-1

Pay during period of obligated service 17.609-1

Purpose 17.600-1

Selection of participants 17.605-1

**VA Homeless Providers Grant and Per Diem Program**

Aid for supportive services and supportive housing 17.715-1

Amount of aid payable 17.719-1

Application requirements 17.710-1

Approval of annexes and new facilities 17.718-1

Approval of eligibility 17.720-1

Audit of recipients of aid 17.723-1

Definitions 17.701-1

Displacement, relocation, and acquisition 17.730-1

Eligibility to receive per diem payments 17.716-1

Environmental review requirements 17.714-1

General operation 17.724-1

Grant agreement 17.727-1

Grant award process 17.709-1

Grants for acquisition and rehabilitation 17.703-1

Grants for new construction 17.704-1

Grants for procurement of vans 17.705-1

Inspections 17.721-1

Limitations on use of assistance 17.707-1

Matching requirements 17.706-1

Notice of fund availability (NOFA) 17.708-1

Obligation and deobligation of funds 17.729-1

Obtaining additional information and awarding grants 17.713-1

Outreach activities 17.725-1

Prerequisite for payment of aid 17.722-1

Program changes 17.728-1

Purpose and scope 17.700-1

Rating criteria for applications 17.711-1

Request for recognition of eligibility 17.717-1

Resident rent 17.726-1

Selecting applications 17.712-1

Site control 17.731-1

Types and uses of assistance 17.702-1

**Veterans Canteen Service**

Delegation of authority 17.180-1

**Vocational Training and Health-Care Eligibility Protection for
Pension**

**Recipients**

Medical care for veterans receiving vocational training under

38 U.S.C. chapter 17.90-1

Protection of health-care eligibility 17.91-1

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