Veterans' Family, Caregiver and Survivor Advisory Committee, Notice of Meeting, 42060 [2024-10514]
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patients before, during, and following
procedures; evaluate the satisfactory
preparation of patients before beginning
procedures; complete documentation
within electronic health records as
necessary; and recognize and respond
appropriately to emergency situations.
2. Nuclear Medicine Technologists in
the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
possess the education and certification
required by VA qualification standards.
See VA Handbook 5005, Staffing, part II,
appendix G19, dated December 10,
2019.
3. VA Nuclear Medicine
Technologists practice in accordance
with the Nuclear Medicine Technologist
Scope of Practice and Performance
Standards from the Society of Nuclear
Medicine and Molecular Imaging
(SNMMI), available at https://
www.snmmi.org/Technologists. Nuclear
Medicine Technology Certification
Board and the American Registry of
Radiologic Technology, the two national
certifying bodies of Nuclear Medicine
Technologists, follow the SNMMI
standards. VA reviewed license and
certification requirements for this
occupation in September 2023 and
confirmed that all Nuclear Medicine
Technologists in VA followed SNMMI
standards.
4. Although VA only requires a
certification, 34 States require a State
license in order to practice as a Nuclear
Medicine Technologist in that State:
Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California,
Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois,
Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky,
Louisiana, Maine, Maryland,
Massachusetts, Mississippi, Nevada,
New Hampshire, New Jersey, New
Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Ohio,
Oregon, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island,
South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Vermont,
Virginia, West Virginia, and Wyoming.
Of those, 24 States exempt Federal
employees from their State license
requirements: Alaska, Arizona,
California, Delaware, Florida, Illinois,
Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine,
Maryland, Massachusetts, Nevada, New
Hampshire, New Jersey, New York,
North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Texas,
Utah, Vermont, Virginia, and West
Virginia.
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VA reviewed license and certification
requirements for this occupation in
September 2023 and confirmed there
was no variance in how VA Nuclear
Medicine Technologists practice in any
State.
Request for Information
1. Are there any additional trainings
for the aforementioned tasks and duties
where VA is preempting States that we
should consider?
2. Are there any factors that would
inhibit or delay the implementation of
the aforementioned tasks and duties for
VA health care professionals in any
States?
3. Is there any variance in tasks and
duties that we have not listed?
4. What should we consider when
preempting conflicting State laws, rules,
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 and signed
this document on April 25, 2024, and
authorized the undersigned to sign and
submit the document to the Office of the
Federal Register for publication
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
Veterans’ Family, Caregiver and
Survivor Advisory Committee, Notice
of Meeting
The Department of Veterans Affairs
(VA) gives notice under the Federal
Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. ch.
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10, that the Veterans’ Family, Caregiver
and Survivor Advisory Committee will
meet virtually on June 3, 2024. The
meeting session will begin and end as
follows:
Date
June 3, 2024 .............
Time
10:00 a.m. to 1:00
p.m. EST.
The meeting is open to the public and
will be conducted via WebEx.
The purpose of the Committee is to
provide advice to the Secretary of VA
with respect to the administration of
benefits by VA for services to Veterans’
families, caregivers and survivors.
On June 3, 2024, the agenda will
include opening remarks from the
Executive Sponsor, Veterans Health
Administration (VHA) and the
Committee Chair. The primary purpose
of this meeting is to finalize the
Committee’s report and/or
recommendations to the Secretary of
VA.
The public are invited to attend in
listening-mode. The chat function will
be disabled. Due to the limited time for
this meeting, there will be no public
comments. However, individuals
wishing to submit written comments
may send them to VHA12CSPFAC@
va.gov before Wednesday, May 29, 2024.
All attending should register at the
following link: https://veteransaffairs.
webex.com/weblink/register/
r0bd23443e38ea0cd101657e56e5c5fff.
Once registered, an email with the link
for the June 3rd Webinar will be sent to
your inbox (Note: also check Junk Mail
Folder for an email from messenger@
webex.com). Anyone seeking additional
information should contact Dr. Betty
Moseley Brown, at
Betty.MoseleyBrown@va.gov.
Dated: May 9, 2024.
Jelessa M. Burney,
Federal Advisory Committee Management
Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Veterans' Family, Caregiver and Survivor Advisory Committee,
Notice of Meeting
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice under the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. ch. 10, that the Veterans'
Family, Caregiver and Survivor Advisory Committee will meet virtually
on June 3, 2024. The meeting session will begin and end as follows:
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Date Time
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June 3, 2024.............................. 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. EST.
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The meeting is open to the public and will be conducted via WebEx.
The purpose of the Committee is to provide advice to the Secretary
of VA with respect to the administration of benefits by VA for services
to Veterans' families, caregivers and survivors.
On June 3, 2024, the agenda will include opening remarks from the
Executive Sponsor, Veterans Health Administration (VHA) and the
Committee Chair. The primary purpose of this meeting is to finalize the
Committee's report and/or recommendations to the Secretary of VA.
The public are invited to attend in listening-mode. The chat
function will be disabled. Due to the limited time for this meeting,
there will be no public comments. However, individuals wishing to
submit written comments may send them to [email protected] before
Wednesday, May 29, 2024.
All attending should register at the following link: https://veteransaffairs.webex.com/weblink/register/r0bd23443e38ea0cd101657e56e5c5fff. Once registered, an email with the
link for the June 3rd Webinar will be sent to your inbox (Note: also
check Junk Mail Folder for an email from [email protected]). Anyone
seeking additional information should contact Dr. Betty Moseley Brown,
at [email protected].
Dated: May 9, 2024.
Jelessa M. Burney,
Federal Advisory Committee Management Officer.
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