Code of Federal Regulations (alpha)

CFR /  Title 38  /  Part 1: General Provisions

Section No. Description
Section 1.9 Eligibility for and disposition of the United States flag for burial purposes
Section 1.10 Quarters for Department of Veterans Affairs employees in Government-owned or -rented buildings overseas
Section 1.11 Standards for program evaluation
Section 1.15 Evaluation of studies relating to health effects of radiation exposure
Section 1.17 Guidelines for establishing presumptions of service connection for former prisoners of war
Section 1.18 Purpose
Section 1.200 Employee's duty to report
Section 1.201 Information to be reported to VA Police
Section 1.203 Information to be reported to the Office of Inspector General
Section 1.204 Notification to the Attorney General or United States Attorney's Office
Section 1.205 Security and law enforcement at VA facilities
Section 1.218 On-site activities by pharmaceutical company representatives at VA medical facilities
Section 1.220 Purpose
Section 1.300 Definitions
Section 1.301 Applicability and scope
Section 1.302 Policy
Section 1.303 Definitions
Section 1.460 Applicability
Section 1.461 Confidentiality restrictions
Section 1.462 Criminal penalty for violations
Section 1.463 Minor patients
Section 1.464 Incompetent and deceased patients
Section 1.465 Security for records
Section 1.466 Restrictions on the use of identification cards and public signs
Section 1.467 Relationship to Federal statutes protecting research subjects against compulsory disclosure of their identity
Section 1.468 Patient access and restrictions on use
Section 1.469 Form of written consent
Section 1.475 Prohibition on redisclosure
Section 1.476 Disclosures permitted with written consent
Section 1.477 Disclosures to prevent multiple enrollments in detoxification and maintenance treatment programs; not applicable to records relating to
Section 1.478 Disclosures to elements of the criminal justice system which have referred patients
Section 1.479 Disclosure of information to participate in state prescription drug monitoring programs
Section 1.483 Disclosure of medical information to the surrogate of a patient who lacks decision-making capacity
Section 1.484 Medical emergencies
Section 1.485 Disclosure of information related to infection with the human immunodeficiency virus to public health authorities
Section 1.486 Disclosure of information related to infection with the human immunodeficiency virus to the spouse or sexual partner of the patient
Section 1.487 Research activities
Section 1.488 Audit and evaluation activities
Section 1.489 Legal effect of order
Section 1.490 Confidential communications
Section 1.491 Order not applicable to records disclosed without consent to researchers, auditors and evaluators
Section 1.492 Procedures and criteria for orders authorizing disclosures for noncriminal purposes
Section 1.493 Procedures and criteria for orders authorizing disclosure and use of records to criminally investigate or prosecute patients
Section 1.494 Procedures and criteria for orders authorizing disclosure and use of records to investigate or prosecute VA or employees of VA
Section 1.495 Orders authorizing the use of undercover agents and informants to criminally investigate employees or agents of VA
Section 1.496 General
Section 1.500 Release of information by the Secretary
Section 1.501 Disclosure of the amount of monetary benefits
Section 1.502 Disclosure of information to a veteran or his or her duly authorized representative as to matters concerning the veteran alone
Section 1.503 Disclosure of information to a widow, child, or other claimant
Section 1.504 Genealogy
Section 1.505 Disclosure of records to Federal Government departments, State unemployment compensation agencies, and the Office of
Section 1.506 Disclosures to members of Congress
Section 1.507 Disclosure in cases where claimants are charged with or convicted of criminal offenses
Section 1.508 Disclosure to courts in proceedings in the nature of an inquest
Section 1.509 Disclosure to insurance companies cooperating with the Department of Justice in the defense of insurance suits against the
Section 1.510 Disclosure of claimant records in connection with judicial proceedings generally
Section 1.511 Disclosure of loan guaranty information
Section 1.512 Disclosure of information contained in Armed Forces service and related medical records in Department of Veterans Affairs custody
Section 1.513 Disclosure to private physicians and hospitals other than Department of Veterans Affairs
Section 1.514 Disclosure of information to participate in state prescription drug monitoring programs
Section 1.515 Disclosure of information to undertaker concerning burial of a deceased veteran
Section 1.516 Disclosure of vocational rehabilitation and education information to educational institutions cooperating with the
Section 1.517 Addresses of claimants
Section 1.518 Lists of names and addresses
Section 1.519 Confidentiality of social data
Section 1.520 Special restrictions concerning social security records
Section 1.521 Determination of the question as to whether disclosure will be prejudicial to the mental or physical health of claimant
Section 1.522 To commanding officers of State soldiers' homes
Section 1.523 Persons authorized to represent claimants
Section 1.524 Inspection of records by or disclosure of information to recognized representatives of organizations and recognized attorneys
Section 1.525 Copies of records and papers
Section 1.526 Administrative review
Section 1.527 Purpose
Section 1.550 Definitions
Section 1.551 General provisions
Section 1.552 Public reading rooms and discretionary disclosures
Section 1.553 Requirements for making requests
Section 1.554 Responsibility for responding to requests
Section 1.555 Timing of responses to requests
Section 1.556 Responses to requests
Section 1.557 Business information
Section 1.558 Appeals
Section 1.559 Maintenance and preservation of records
Section 1.560 Fees
Section 1.561 Other rights and services
Section 1.562 Social security numbers in veterans' benefits matters
Section 1.575 General policies, conditions of disclosure, accounting of certain disclosures, and definitions
Section 1.576 Access to records
Section 1.577 Amendment of records
Section 1.579 Administrative review
Section 1.580 Exemptions
Section 1.582 Purpose
Section 1.600 Qualifications for access
Section 1.601 Utilization of access
Section 1.602 Disqualification
Section 1.603 Purpose
Section 1.650 Definitions
Section 1.651 Criteria for determining rights to employee inventions
Section 1.652 Delegation of authority
Section 1.653 Patenting of inventions
Section 1.654 Government license in invention of employee
Section 1.655 Information to be submitted by inventor
Section 1.656 Determination of rights
Section 1.657 Right of appeal
Section 1.658 Relationship to incentive awards program
Section 1.659 Expeditious handling
Section 1.660 Information to be kept confidential
Section 1.661 Provisions of regulations made a condition of employment
Section 1.662 Licensing of Government-owned inventions
Section 1.663 Purpose
Section 1.670 Definitions
Section 1.671 Responsibilities
Section 1.672 Responsibility for violations of the administrative subdivision of funds
Section 1.673 Purpose
Section 1.700 Contact person for missing children official mail program
Section 1.701 Policy
Section 1.702 Percentage estimate
Section 1.703 Restrictions on use of missing children information
Section 1.705 Homeless claimants: Delivery of benefit payments and correspondence
Section 1.710 Purpose of program
Section 1.891 Review of positions
Section 1.892 Establishing and converting part-time positions
Section 1.893 Annual goals and timetables
Section 1.894 Review and evaluation
Section 1.895 Publicizing vacancies
Section 1.896 Exceptions
Section 1.897 Prescription of standards
Section 1.900 No private rights created
Section 1.901 Antitrust, fraud, and tax and interagency claims
Section 1.902 Settlement, waiver, or compromise under other statutory or regulatory authority
Section 1.903 Form of payment
Section 1.904 Subdivision of claims not authorized
Section 1.905 Required administrative proceedings
Section 1.906 Definitions
Section 1.907 Aggressive collection action
Section 1.910 Collection of debts owed by reason of participation in a benefits program
Section 1.911 Collection by offset
Section 1.912 Liquidation of collateral
Section 1.913 Collection in installments
Section 1.914 Interest, administrative costs, and penalties
Section 1.915 Disclosure of debt information to consumer reporting agencies (CRA)
Section 1.916 Contracting for collection services
Section 1.917 Use and disclosure of mailing addresses
Section 1.918 Administrative offset against amounts payable from Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund, Federal Employees Retirement
Section 1.919 Referral of VA debts
Section 1.920 Analysis of costs
Section 1.921 Exemptions
Section 1.922 Administrative wage garnishment
Section 1.923 Suspension or revocation of eligibility for federal loans, loan insurance, loan guarantees, licenses, permits, or privileges
Section 1.924 Reduction of debt through performance of work-study services
Section 1.929 Scope and application
Section 1.930 Bases for compromise
Section 1.931 Enforcement policy
Section 1.932 Joint and several liability
Section 1.933 Further review of compromise offers
Section 1.934 Consideration of tax consequences to the Government
Section 1.935 Mutual releases of the debtor and VA
Section 1.936 Scope and application
Section 1.940 Suspension of collection activity
Section 1.941 Termination of collection activity
Section 1.942 Exception to termination
Section 1.943 Discharge of indebtedness; reporting requirements
Section 1.944 Authority to suspend or terminate collection action on certain benefit indebtedness; authority for refunds
Section 1.945 Prompt referral
Section 1.950 Claims Collection Litigation Report (CCLR)
Section 1.951 Preservation of evidence
Section 1.952 Minimum amount of referrals to the Department of Justice
Section 1.953 Regional office Committees on Waivers and Compromises
Section 1.955 Jurisdiction
Section 1.956 Committee authority
Section 1.957 Finality of decisions
Section 1.958 Records and certificates
Section 1.959 Legal and technical assistance
Section 1.960 Releases
Section 1.961 Waiver of overpayments
Section 1.962 Waiver; other than loan guaranty
Section 1.963 Waiver; loan guaranty
Section 1.964 Application of standard
Section 1.965 Scope of waiver decisions
Section 1.966 Refunds
Section 1.967 Revision of waiver decisions
Section 1.969 Standards for compromise
Section 1.970 Scope
Section 1.980 Definitions
Section 1.981 Salary offsets of debts involving benefits under the laws administered by VA
Section 1.982 Notice requirements before salary offsets of debts not involving benefits under the laws administered by VA
Section 1.983 Request for a hearing
Section 1.984 Form, notice of, and conduct of hearing
Section 1.985 Result if employee fails to meet deadlines
Section 1.986 Review by the hearing official or administrative law judge
Section 1.987 Written decision following a hearing requested under Sec
Section 1.988 Review of VA records related to the debt
Section 1.989 Written agreement to repay debt as alternative to salary offset
Section 1.990 Procedures for salary offset: when deductions may begin
Section 1.991 Procedures for salary offset
Section 1.992 Non-waiver of rights
Section 1.993 Requesting recovery through centralized administrative offset
Section 1.995 Garnishment of payments after disbursement
Section 1.1000 General provisions