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requires a national certification, some
States also require licensure for this
profession. The standard includes
information on which States offer an
exemption for Federal employees and
where VA will preempt State laws, if
applicable.
We note that the proposed standards
of practice do not contain an exhaustive
list of every task and duty that each VA
health care professional can perform.
Rather, it is designed to highlight
whether there are any areas of variance
in how this profession can practice
across States and how this profession
will be able to practice within VA
notwithstanding their State license,
certification, registration, and other
requirements.
Therapeutic Medical Physicists are
health care professionals who are
specifically educated and trained in the
administration or supervision of
radiation oncology. VA qualification
standards require Therapeutic Medical
Physicists to have an active, current,
full, and unrestricted certification from
the American Board of Radiology (ABR),
the American Board of Medical Physics
(ABMP), or the Canadian College of
Physicists in Medicine (CCPM). While
ABMP discontinued certification in
Therapeutic Medical Physics in
December 2002, Therapeutic Medical
Physicists who obtained a certification
from ABMP prior to that date also have
a Letter of Certification Equivalence by
ABR. All three certifications follow the
Medical Physics Practice Guidelines
(MPPG) standards from the American
Association of Physicists in Medicine
(AAPM). VA also researched other
alternative certifications and State
requirements and found that four States
also require a license for Therapeutic
Medical Physicists. All four State
licenses align with the national MPPG
standards from AAPM. Therefore, there
is no variance in how Therapeutic
Medical Physicists practice in any State.
VA proposes to adopt a standard of
practice consistent with the MPPG
standard that all three certifying bodies
follow; therefore, VA Therapeutic
Medical Physicists will continue to
follow the standard set by their national
certification. The MPPG standard by
AAPM can be found here: https://
www.aapm.org/pubs/MPPG/default.asp.
Because the practice of Therapeutic
Medical Physicists is not changing, there
will be no impact on the practice of this
occupation when this national standard
of practice is implemented.
Proposed National Standard of Practice
for Therapeutic Medical Physicists
Therapeutic Medical Physicists
(TMPs) assure the safe and effective use
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of radiation in radiation oncology. TMPs
perform or oversee the scientific and
technical aspects of radiotherapy
procedures necessary to achieve this
objective. In the clinical setting, this
involves the use of ionizing or
nonionizing radiation in the planning
and delivery of radiotherapy treatments.
TMPs collaborate with radiation
oncologists and monitor equipment to
ensure each patient’s safety.
Therapeutic Medical Physicists in the
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
possess the education and certification
from the American Board of Radiology
(ABR), the American Board of Medical
Physics (ABMP), or the Canadian
College of Physicists in Medicine
(CCPM) required by VA qualification
standards, as more specifically
described in VA Handbook 5005,
Staffing, Part II, Appendix G48.
This national standard of practice
confirms that VA Therapeutic Medical
Physicists practice in accordance with
the Medical Physics Practice Guidelines
(MPPG) standards from the American
Association of Physicists in Medicine
(AAPM), available at: https://
www.aapm.org/. As of November 2022,
all three certifications from ABR,
AMBP, and CCPM follow MPPG
standards.
Although VA only requires a
certification, four States require a State
license in order to practice occupation
in that State: Hawaii, Florida, New
York, and Texas. As of November 2022,
all four States follow the MPPG
standards so there is no variance in how
VA Therapeutic Medical Physicists
practice in any State.
Request for Information
1. Are there any required trainings for
the aforementioned practices that we
should consider?
2. Are there any factors that would
inhibit or delay the implementation of
the aforementioned practices for VA
health care professionals in any States?
3. Is there any variance in practice
that we have not listed?
4. What should we consider when
preempting conflicting State laws,
regulations, or requirements regarding
supervision of individuals working
toward obtaining their license or
unlicensed personnel?
5. Is there anything else you would
like to share with us about this national
standard of practice?
Signing Authority
Denis McDonough, Secretary of
Veterans Affairs, approved this
document on February 21, 2023, and
authorized the undersigned to sign and
submit the document to the Office of the
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electronically as an official document of
the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Luvenia Potts,
Regulation Development Coordinator, Office
of Regulation Policy & Management, Office
of General Counsel, Department of Veterans
Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
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Agency Information Collection
Activity: Status of Loan Account—
Foreclosure or Other Liquidation
Veterans Benefits
Administration, Department of Veterans
Affairs
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
Veterans Benefits
Administration, Department of Veterans
Affairs (VA), is announcing an
opportunity for public comment on the
proposed collection of certain
information by the agency. Under the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
1995, Federal agencies are required to
publish notice in the Federal Register
concerning each proposed collection of
information, including each proposed
revision of a currently approved
collection, and allow 60 days for public
comment in response to the notice.
DATES: Written comments and
recommendations on the proposed
collection of information should be
received on or before May 15, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
on the collection of information through
Federal Docket Management System
(FDMS) at www.Regulations.gov or to
Nancy J. Kessinger, Veterans Benefits
Administration (20M33), Department of
Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20420 or email to
nancy.kessinger@va.gov. Please refer to
‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0851’’ in any
correspondence. During the comment
period, comments may be viewed online
through FDMS.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Maribel Aponte, Office of Enterprise
and Integration, Data Governance
Analytics (008), 810 Vermont Ave. NW,
Washington, DC 20420, (202) 266–4688
or email maribel.aponte@va.gov. Please
refer to ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0851’’
in any correspondence.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
PRA of 1995, Federal agencies must
obtain approval from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for each
SUMMARY:
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collection of information they conduct
or sponsor. This request for comment is
being made pursuant to Section
3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA.
With respect to the following
collection of information, VBA invites
comments on: (1) whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of VBA’s
functions, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(2) the accuracy of VBA’s estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of
information; (3) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (4)
ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on
respondents, including through the use
of automated collection techniques or
the use of other forms of information
technology.
Authority: Public Law 104–13; 44
U.S.C. 3501–3521.
Title: Status of Loan Account—
Foreclosure or Other Liquidation.
OMB Control Number: 2900–0851.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Abstract: VA Form 26–0971 is used
when requesting the repurchase of a
loan. The holder of a delinquent vendee
account is legally entitled to repurchase
the loan by VAwhen the loan has been
continuously in default for 3 months
and the amount of thedelinquency
equals or exceeds the sum of 2 monthly
installments.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Estimated Annual Burden: 5 hours.
Estimated Average Burden per
Respondent: 30 minutes.
Frequency of Response: One-time.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
10.
By direction of the Secretary.
Maribel Aponte,
VA PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
Enterprise and Integration/Data Governance
Analytics, Department of Veterans Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
Notice of Request for Information on
the Department of Veterans Affairs
Orthotist, Prosthetist, and ProsthetistOrthotist Standard of Practice
Department of Veterans Affairs.
Request for information.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Department of Veterans
Affairs (VA) is requesting information to
assist in developing a national standard
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of practice for VA Orthotists,
Prosthetists, and Prosthetist-Orthotists.
VA seeks comments on various topics to
help inform VA’s development of this
national standard of practice.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before May 15, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Comments must be
submitted through www.regulations.gov.
Except as provided below, comments
received before the close of the
comment period will be available at
www.regulations.gov for public viewing,
inspection, or copying, including any
personally identifiable or confidential
business information that is included in
a comment. We post the comments
received before the close of the
comment period on the following
website as soon as possible after they
have been received: https://
www.regulations.gov. VA will not post
on Regulations.gov public comments
that make threats to individuals or
institutions or suggest that the
commenter will take actions to harm the
individual. VA encourages individuals
not to submit duplicative comments. We
will post acceptable comments from
multiple unique commenters even if the
content is identical or nearly identical
to other comments. Any public
comment received after the comment
period’s closing date is considered late
and will not be considered in a potential
rulemaking.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ethan Kalett, Office of Regulations,
Appeals and Policy (10BRAP), Veterans
Health Administration, Department of
Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20420, 202–461–
0500. This is not a toll-free number.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Authority
Chapters 73 and 74 of 38 U.S.C. and
38 U.S.C. 303 authorize the Secretary to
regulate the professional activities of VA
health care professions to make certain
that VA’s health care system provides
safe and effective health care by
qualified health care professionals to
ensure the well-being of those Veterans
who have borne the battle.
On November 12, 2020, VA published
an interim final rule confirming that VA
health care professionals may practice
their health care profession consistent
with the scope and requirements of their
VA employment, notwithstanding any
State license, registration, certification,
or other requirements that unduly
interfere with their practice. 38 CFR
17.419; 85 FR 71838. Specifically, this
rulemaking confirmed VA’s current
practice of allowing VA health care
professionals to deliver health care
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services in a State other than the health
care professional’s State of licensure,
registration, certification, or other State
requirement, thereby enhancing
beneficiaries’ access to critical VA
health care services. The rulemaking
also confirmed VA’s authority to
establish national standards of practice
for its health care professionals which
would standardize a health care
professional’s practice in all VA medical
facilities.
The rulemaking explained that a
national standard of practice describes
the tasks and duties that a VA health
care professional practicing in the
health care profession may perform and
may be permitted to undertake. Having
a national standard of practice means
that individuals from the same VA
health care profession may provide the
same type of tasks and duties regardless
of the VA medical facility where they
are located or the State license,
registration, certification, or other State
requirement they hold. We emphasized
in the rulemaking and reiterate here that
VA will determine, on an individual
basis, that a health care professional has
the necessary education, training and
skills to perform the tasks and duties
detailed in the national standard of
practice and will only be able to
perform such tasks and duties after they
have been incorporated into the
individual’s privileges, scope of
practice, or functional statement. The
rulemaking explicitly did not create any
such national standards and directed
that all national standards of practice
would be subsequently created via
policy.
Need for National Standards of Practice
As the Nation’s largest integrated
health care system, it is critical that VA
develops national standards of practice
to ensure beneficiaries receive the same
high-quality care regardless of where
they enter the system and to ensure that
VA health care professionals can
efficiently meet the needs of
beneficiaries when practicing within the
scope of their VA employment. National
standards are designed to increase
beneficiaries’ access to safe and effective
health care, thereby improving health
outcomes. The importance of this
initiative has been underscored by the
COVID–19 pandemic. With an increased
need for mobility in our workforce,
including through VA’s Disaster
Emergency Medical Personnel System,
creating a uniform standard of practice
better supports VA health care
professionals who already frequently
practice across State lines. In addition,
the development of national standards
of practice aligns with VA’s long-term
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
[OMB Control No. 2900-0851]
Agency Information Collection Activity: Status of Loan Account--
Foreclosure or Other Liquidation
AGENCY: Veterans Benefits Administration, Department of Veterans
Affairs
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Veterans Benefits Administration, Department of Veterans
Affairs (VA), is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the
proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal agencies are required to
publish notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed
collection of information, including each proposed revision of a
currently approved collection, and allow 60 days for public comment in
response to the notice.
DATES: Written comments and recommendations on the proposed collection
of information should be received on or before May 15, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments on the collection of information
through Federal Docket Management System (FDMS) at www.Regulations.gov
or to Nancy J. Kessinger, Veterans Benefits Administration (20M33),
Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue NW, Washington, DC
20420 or email to [email protected]. Please refer to ``OMB Control
No. 2900-0851'' in any correspondence. During the comment period,
comments may be viewed online through FDMS.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Maribel Aponte, Office of Enterprise
and Integration, Data Governance Analytics (008), 810 Vermont Ave. NW,
Washington, DC 20420, (202) 266-4688 or email [email protected].
Please refer to ``OMB Control No. 2900-0851'' in any correspondence.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the PRA of 1995, Federal agencies must
obtain approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for each
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collection of information they conduct or sponsor. This request for
comment is being made pursuant to Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA.
With respect to the following collection of information, VBA
invites comments on: (1) whether the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance of VBA's functions, including
whether the information will have practical utility; (2) the accuracy
of VBA's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of
information; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of
the information to be collected; and (4) ways to minimize the burden of
the collection of information on respondents, including through the use
of automated collection techniques or the use of other forms of
information technology.
Authority: Public Law 104-13; 44 U.S.C. 3501-3521.
Title: Status of Loan Account--Foreclosure or Other Liquidation.
OMB Control Number: 2900-0851.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Abstract: VA Form 26-0971 is used when requesting the repurchase of
a loan. The holder of a delinquent vendee account is legally entitled
to repurchase the loan by VAwhen the loan has been continuously in
default for 3 months and the amount of thedelinquency equals or exceeds
the sum of 2 monthly installments.
Affected Public: Individuals or households.
Estimated Annual Burden: 5 hours.
Estimated Average Burden per Respondent: 30 minutes.
Frequency of Response: One-time.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 10.
By direction of the Secretary.
Maribel Aponte,
VA PRA Clearance Officer, Office of Enterprise and Integration/Data
Governance Analytics, Department of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2023-05176 Filed 3-13-23; 8:45 am]
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