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Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 2006 / Rules and Regulations
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
32 CFR Part 235
[DOD–2005–OS–0149]
RIN 0790–AH86
Sale or Rental of Sexually Explicit
Material on DoD Property (DoD
Instruction 4105.70)
Department of Defense.
Final rule; correction.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: On Wednesday, November
15, 2006 (71 FR 66457), the Department
of Defense published a final rule, ‘‘Sale
or Rental of Sexually Explicit Material
on DoD Property (DoD Instruction
4105.70)’’. This document corrects an
error in the summary.
DATES:
Effective Date: December 15,
2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Commander F. Stich, 703–602–4590.
Correction
In Federal Register at 71 FR 66457,
the SUMMARY of the notice, ‘‘10 U.S.C.
2489a’’ is corrected to read ‘‘10 U.S.C.
2495b’’. All other information remains
unchanged.
Dated: November 21, 2006.
L.M. Bynum,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison
Officer, DoD.
[FR Doc. 06–9417 Filed 11–27–06; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
38 CFR Part 17
RIN 2900–AM19
Medical: Informed Consent—Extension
of Time Period and Modification of
Witness Requirement for Signature
Consent
Department of Veterans Affairs.
ACTION: Final rule.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This document adopts as a
final rule the proposed rule amending
the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
medical regulations on informed
consent. This final rule extends the
period of time during which a signed
consent form remains valid from 30 to
60 days and eliminates the requirement
that a third-party witness the patient or
surrogate and practitioner signing the
consent form, except in those
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circumstances where the patient or
surrogate signs with an ‘‘X’’ due to a
debilitating illness or disability, i.e.,
significant physical impairment and/or
difficulty in executing a signature due to
an underlying health condition(s), or is
unable to read and write.
DATES: Effective Date: December 28,
2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ruth Cecire, PhD., Policy Analyst,
Ethics Policy Service, National Center
for Ethics in Health Care (10E), Veterans
Health Administration, Department of
Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC 20420; 202–501–
2012 (this is not a toll-free number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a
document published in the Federal
Register on March 9, 2006 (71 FR 5204),
VA proposed to amend its medical
regulations at 38 CFR 17.32 on informed
consent. Specifically, it proposed to
extend the time during which a signed
consent form is valid from 30 to 60
days. Also, it proposed to eliminate the
requirement that a consent form be
witnessed, except in those situations
where the patient or surrogate signs
with an ‘‘X’’ due to a debilitating illness
or disability. VA provided a 60-day
comment period that ended on May 6,
2006. No comments were received.
Based on the rationale set forth in the
proposed rule and those contained in
this document, we are adopting the
provisions of the proposed rule as a
final rule without change.
Unfunded Mandates
The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
of 1995 requires, at 2 U.S.C. 1532, that
agencies prepare an assessment of
anticipated costs and benefits before
issuing any rule that may result in an
expenditure by State, local, and tribal
governments, in the aggregate, or by the
private sector, of $100 million or more
(adjusted annually for inflation) in any
given year. This rule has no such effect
on State, local, and tribal governments,
or on the private sector.
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
This rule contains no new collections
of information under the Paperwork
Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501–3521).
The existing information collections
associated with the informed consent
procedures under § 17.32 have been
approved by the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) under 2900–0583.
Executive Order 12866
Executive Order 12866 directs
agencies to assess all costs and benefits
of available regulatory alternatives and,
when regulation is necessary, to select
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regulatory approaches that maximize
net benefits (including potential
economic, environmental, public health
and safety, and other advantages;
distributive impacts; and equity). The
Order classifies a rule as a significant
regulatory action requiring review by
the Office of Management and Budget if
it meets any one of a number of
specified conditions, including: having
an annual affect on the economy of $100
million or more, creating a serious
inconsistency or interfering with an
action of another agency, materially
altering the budgetary impact of
entitlements or the rights of entitlement
recipients, or raising novel legal or
policy issues. VA has examined the
economic, legal, and policy implications
of this final rule and concluded that it
is a significant regulatory action because
it raises novel policy issues.
Regulatory Flexibility Act
The Secretary hereby certifies that
this rule will not have a significant
economic impact on a substantial
number of small entities as they are
defined in the Regulatory Flexibility
Act, 5 U.S.C. 601–612. The rule will
affect only individuals and will not
directly affect any small entities.
Therefore, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 605(b),
this rule is exempt from the initial and
final regulatory flexibility analysis
requirements of sections 603 and 604.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
The Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance numbers and titles for the
programs affected by this document are
64.009, Veterans Medical Care Benefits;
64.010, Veterans Nursing Home Care;
and 64.011, Veterans Dental Care.
List of Subjects in 38 CFR Part 17
Administrative practice and
procedure, Alcohol abuse, Alcoholism,
Claims, Day care, Dental health, Drug
abuse, Foreign relations, Government
contracts, Grant programs-health, Grant
programs-veterans, Health care, Health
facilities, Health professions, Health
records, Homeless, Medical and dental
schools, Medical devices, Medical
research, Mental health programs,
Nursing homes, Philippines, Reporting
and recordkeeping requirements,
Scholarships and fellowships, Travel
and transportation expenses, Veterans.
Approved: October 23, 2006.
Gordon H. Mansfield,
Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
For the reasons set out in the
preamble, VA amends 38 CFR part 17 to
read as follows:
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
32 CFR Part 235
[DOD-2005-OS-0149]
RIN 0790-AH86
Sale or Rental of Sexually Explicit Material on DoD Property (DoD
Instruction 4105.70)
AGENCY: Department of Defense.
ACTION: Final rule; correction.
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SUMMARY: On Wednesday, November 15, 2006 (71 FR 66457), the Department
of Defense published a final rule, ``Sale or Rental of Sexually
Explicit Material on DoD Property (DoD Instruction 4105.70)''. This
document corrects an error in the summary.
DATES: Effective Date: December 15, 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Commander F. Stich, 703-602-4590.
Correction
In Federal Register at 71 FR 66457, the SUMMARY of the notice, ``10
U.S.C. 2489a'' is corrected to read ``10 U.S.C. 2495b''. All other
information remains unchanged.
Dated: November 21, 2006.
L.M. Bynum,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, DoD.
[FR Doc. 06-9417 Filed 11-27-06; 8:45 am]
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