38 CFR 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
- — Department of Veterans Affairs Official Seal and Distinguishing Flag
- § 1.9 — Description, use, and display of VA seal and flag.
- — The United States Flag for Burial Purposes
- § 1.10 — Eligibility for and disposition of the United States flag for burial purposes.
- — Quarters for Department of Veterans Affairs Employees Overseas
- § 1.11 — Quarters for Department of Veterans Affairs employees in Government-owned or -rented buildings overseas.
- — Program Evaluation
- § 1.15 — Standards for program evaluation.
- § 1.17 — Evaluation of studies relating to health effects of radiation exposure.
- § 1.18 — Guidelines for establishing presumptions of service connection for former prisoners of war.
- — Referrals of Information Regarding Criminal Violations
- § 1.200 — Purpose.
- § 1.201 — Employee's duty to report.
- § 1.203 — Information to be reported to VA Police.
- § 1.204 — Information to be reported to the Office of Inspector General.
- § 1.205 — Notification to the Attorney General or United States Attorney's Office.
- — Security and Law Enforcement at Department of Veterans Affairs Facilities
- § 1.218 — Security and law enforcement at VA facilities.
- — Parking Fees at VA Medical Facilities
- § 1.300 — Purpose.
- § 1.301 — Definitions.
- § 1.302 — Applicability and scope.
- § 1.303 — Policy.
- § 1.460 — Definitions.
- § 1.461 — Applicability.
- § 1.462 — Confidentiality restrictions.
- § 1.463 — Criminal penalty for violations.
- § 1.464 — Minor patients.
- § 1.465 — Incompetent and deceased patients.
- § 1.466 — Security for records.
- § 1.467 — Restrictions on the use of identification cards and public signs.
- § 1.468 — Relationship to Federal statutes protecting research subjects against compulsory disclosure of their identity.
- § 1.469 — Patient access and restrictions on use.
- §§ 1.470-1.474 — [Reserved]
- — Disclosures With Patient's Consent
- § 1.475 — Form of written consent.
- § 1.476 — Prohibition on redisclosure.
- § 1.477 — Disclosures permitted with written consent.
- § 1.478 — Disclosures to prevent multiple enrollments in detoxification and maintenance treatment programs; not applicable to records relating to sickle cell anemia or infection with the human immunodeficiency virus.
- § 1.479 — Disclosures to elements of the criminal justice system which have referred patients.
- §§ 1.480-1.483 — [Reserved]
- — Disclosures Without Patient Consent
- § 1.484 — Disclosure of medical information to the surrogate of a patient who lacks decision-making capacity.
- § 1.485 — Medical emergencies.
- § 1.485a — Eye, organ and tissue donation.
- § 1.486 — Disclosure of information related to infection with the human immunodeficiency virus to public health authorities.
- § 1.487 — Disclosure of information related to infection with the human immunodeficiency virus to the spouse or sexual partner of the patient.
- § 1.488 — Research activities.
- § 1.489 — Audit and evaluation activities.
- — Court Orders Authorizing Disclosures and Use
- § 1.490 — Legal effect of order.
- § 1.491 — Confidential communications.
- § 1.492 — Order not applicable to records disclosed without consent to researchers, auditors and evaluators.
- § 1.493 — Procedures and criteria for orders authorizing disclosures for noncriminal purposes.
- § 1.494 — Procedures and criteria for orders authorizing disclosure and use of records to criminally investigate or prosecute patients.
- § 1.495 — Procedures and criteria for orders authorizing disclosure and use of records to investigate or prosecute VA or employees of VA.
- § 1.496 — Orders authorizing the use of undercover agents and informants to criminally investigate employees or agents of VA.
- §§ 1.497-1.499 — [Reserved]
- § 1.500 — General.
- § 1.501 — Release of information by the Secretary.
- § 1.502 — Disclosure of the amount of monetary benefits.
- § 1.503 — Disclosure of information to a veteran or his or her duly authorized representative as to matters concerning the veteran alone.
- § 1.504 — Disclosure of information to a widow, child, or other claimant.
- § 1.505 — Genealogy.
- § 1.506 — Disclosure of records to Federal Government departments, State unemployment compensation agencies, and the Office of Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance.
- § 1.507 — Disclosures to members of Congress.
- § 1.508 — Disclosure in cases where claimants are charged with or convicted of criminal offenses.
- § 1.509 — Disclosure to courts in proceedings in the nature of an inquest.
- § 1.510 — Disclosure to insurance companies cooperating with the Department of Justice in the defense of insurance suits against the United States.
- § 1.511 — Disclosure of claimant records in connection with judicial proceedings generally.
- § 1.512 — Disclosure of loan guaranty information.
- § 1.513 — Disclosure of information contained in Armed Forces service and related medical records in Department of Veterans Affairs custody.
- § 1.514 — Disclosure to private physicians and hospitals other than Department of Veterans Affairs.
- § 1.514a — Disclosure to private psychologists.
- § 1.514b — Disclosures to procurement organizations.
- § 1.515 — To commanding officers of State soldiers' homes.
- § 1.516 — Disclosure of information to undertaker concerning burial of a deceased veteran.
- § 1.517 — Disclosure of vocational rehabilitation and education information to educational institutions cooperating with the Department of Veterans Affairs.
- § 1.518 — Addresses of claimants.
- § 1.519 — Lists of names and addresses.
- § 1.520 — Confidentiality of social data.
- § 1.521 — Special restrictions concerning social security records.
- § 1.522 — Determination of the question as to whether disclosure will be prejudicial to the mental or physical health of claimant.
- § 1.523 — [Reserved]
- § 1.524 — Persons authorized to represent claimants.
- § 1.525 — Inspection of records by or disclosure of information to recognized representatives of organizations and recognized attorneys.
- § 1.526 — Copies of records and papers.
- § 1.527 — Administrative review.
- § 1.550 — General.
- § 1.551 — [Reserved]
- § 1.552 — Public access to information that affects the public when not published in the Federal Register as constructive notice.
- § 1.553 — Public access to other reasonably described records.
- § 1.553a — Time limits for Department of Veterans Affairs response to requests for records.
- § 1.554 — Exemptions from public access to agency records.
- § 1.554a — Predisclosure notification procedures for confidential commercial information.
- § 1.555 — Fees.
- § 1.556 — Requests for other reasonably described records.
- § 1.557 — Administrative review.
- §§ 1.558-1.559 — [Reserved]
- § 1.575 — Social security numbers in veterans' benefits matters.
- § 1.576 — General policies, conditions of disclosure, accounting of certain disclosures, and definitions.
- § 1.577 — Access to records.
- § 1.578 — [Reserved]
- § 1.579 — Amendment of records.
- § 1.580 — Administrative review.
- § 1.581 — [Reserved]
- § 1.582 — Exemptions.
- §§ 1.583-1.584 — [Reserved]
- — Expanded Remote Access to Computerized Veterans Claims Records by Accredited Representatives
- § 1.600 — Purpose.
- § 1.601 — Qualifications for access.
- § 1.602 — Utilization of access.
- § 1.603 — Disqualification.
- — Inventions by Employees of Department of Veterans Affairs
- § 1.650 — Purpose.
- § 1.651 — Definitions.
- § 1.652 — Criteria for determining rights to employee inventions.
- § 1.653 — Delegation of authority.
- § 1.654 — Patenting of inventions.
- § 1.655 — Government license in invention of employee.
- § 1.656 — Information to be submitted by inventor.
- § 1.657 — Determination of rights.
- § 1.658 — Right of appeal.
- § 1.659 — Relationship to incentive awards program.
- § 1.660 — Expeditious handling.
- § 1.661 — Information to be kept confidential.
- § 1.662 — Provisions of regulations made a condition of employment.
- § 1.663 — Licensing of Government-owned inventions.
- §§ 1.664-1.666 — [Reserved]
- — Administrative Control of Funds
- § 1.670 — Purpose.
- § 1.671 — Definitions.
- § 1.672 — Responsibilities.
- § 1.673 — Responsibility for violations of the administrative subdivision of funds.
- — Use of Official Mail in the Location and Recovery of Missing Children
- § 1.700 — Purpose.
- § 1.701 — Contact person for missing children official mail program.
- § 1.702 — Policy.
- § 1.703 — Percentage estimate.
- § 1.704 — [Reserved]
- § 1.705 — Restrictions on use of missing children information.
- — Homeless Claimants
- § 1.710 — Homeless claimants: Delivery of benefit payments and correspondence.
- §§ 1.780-1.783 — [Reserved]
- — Part-Time Career Employment Program
- § 1.891 — Purpose of program.
- § 1.892 — Review of positions.
- § 1.893 — Establishing and converting part-time positions.
- § 1.894 — Annual goals and timetables.
- § 1.895 — Review and evaluation.
- § 1.896 — Publicizing vacancies.
- § 1.897 — Exceptions.
- — Standards for Collection, Compromise, Suspension or Termination of Collection Effort, and Referral of Civil Claims for Money or Property
- § 1.900 — Prescription of standards.
- § 1.901 — No private rights created.
- § 1.902 — Antitrust, fraud, and tax and interagency claims.
- § 1.903 — Settlement, waiver, or compromise under other statutory or regulatory authority.
- § 1.904 — Form of payment.
- § 1.905 — Subdivision of claims not authorized.
- § 1.906 — Required administrative proceedings.
- § 1.907 — Definitions.
- — Standards for Collection of Claims
- § 1.910 — Aggressive collection action.
- § 1.911 — Collection of debts owed by reason of participation in a benefits program.
- § 1.911a — Collection of non-benefit debts.
- § 1.912 — Collection by offset.
- § 1.912a — Collection by offset—from VA benefit payments.
- § 1.913 — Liquidation of collateral.
- § 1.914 — Collection in installments.
- § 1.915 — Interest, administrative costs, and penalties.
- § 1.916 — Disclosure of debt information to consumer reporting agencies (CRA).
- § 1.917 — Contracting for collection services.
- § 1.918 — Use and disclosure of mailing addresses.
- § 1.919 — Administrative offset against amounts payable from Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund, Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS), final salary check, and lump sum leave payments.
- § 1.920 — Referral of VA debts.
- § 1.921 — Analysis of costs.
- § 1.922 — Exemptions.
- § 1.923 — Administrative wage garnishment.
- § 1.924 — Suspension or revocation of eligibility for federal loans, loan insurance, loan guarantees, licenses, permits, or privileges.
- § 1.929 — Reduction of debt through performance of work-study services.
- — Standards for Compromise of Claims
- § 1.930 — Scope and application.
- § 1.931 — Bases for compromise.
- § 1.932 — Enforcement policy.
- § 1.933 — Joint and several liability.
- § 1.934 — Further review of compromise offers.
- § 1.935 — Consideration of tax consequences to the Government.
- § 1.936 — Mutual releases of the debtor and VA.
- — Standards for Suspending or Terminating Collection Action
- § 1.940 — Scope and application.
- § 1.941 — Suspension of collection activity.
- § 1.942 — Termination of collection activity.
- § 1.943 — Exception to termination.
- § 1.944 — Discharge of indebtedness; reporting requirements.
- § 1.945 — Authority to suspend or terminate collection action on certain benefit indebtedness; authority for refunds.
- — Referrals to GAO, Department of Justice, or IRS
- § 1.950 — Prompt referral.
- § 1.951 — Claims Collection Litigation Report (CCLR).
- § 1.952 — Preservation of evidence.
- § 1.953 — Minimum amount of referrals to the Department of Justice.
- § 1.955 — Regional office Committees on Waivers and Compromises.
- § 1.956 — Jurisdiction.
- § 1.957 — Committee authority.
- § 1.958 — Finality of decisions.
- § 1.959 — Records and certificates.
- § 1.960 — Legal and technical assistance.
- § 1.961 — Releases.
- § 1.962 — Waiver of overpayments.
- § 1.963 — Waiver; other than loan guaranty.
- § 1.963a — Waiver; erroneous payments of pay and allowances.
- § 1.964 — Waiver; loan guaranty.
- § 1.965 — Application of standard.
- § 1.966 — Scope of waiver decisions.
- § 1.967 — Refunds.
- § 1.968 — [Reserved]
- § 1.969 — Revision of waiver decisions.
- § 1.970 — Standards for compromise.
- — Salary Offset Provisions
- § 1.980 — Scope.
- § 1.981 — Definitions.
- § 1.982 — Salary offsets of debts involving benefits under the laws administered by VA.
- § 1.983 — Notice requirements before salary offsets of debts not involving benefits under the laws administered by VA.
- § 1.984 — Request for a hearing.
- § 1.985 — Form, notice of, and conduct of hearing.
- § 1.986 — Result if employee fails to meet deadlines.
- § 1.987 — Review by the hearing official or administrative law judge.
- § 1.988 — Written decision following a hearing requested under § 1.984.
- § 1.989 — Review of VA records related to the debt.
- § 1.990 — Written agreement to repay debt as alternative to salary offset.
- § 1.991 — Procedures for salary offset: when deductions may begin.
- § 1.992 — Procedures for salary offset.
- § 1.993 — Non-waiver of rights.
- § 1.995 — Requesting recovery through centralized administrative offset.
- — Procedures for Financial Institutions Regarding Garnishment of Benefit Payments After Disbursement
- § 1.1000 — Garnishment of payments after disbursement.
Source: 60 FR 63929, Dec. 13, 1995, unless otherwise noted.
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