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VA | RIN: 2900-AP44 | Publication ID: Spring 2017 |
Title: Advanced Practice Registered Nurses | |
Abstract:
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is amending its medical regulations to permit full practice authority of three roles of VA advanced practice registered nurses (APRN) when they are acting within the scope of their VA employment. Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA) will not be included in VA’s full practice authority under this final rule, but comment is requested on whether there are access issues or other unconsidered circumstances that might warrant their inclusion in a future rulemaking. The final rulemaking establishes the professional qualifications an individual must possess to be appointed as an APRN within VA, establishes the criteria under which VA may grant full practice authority to an APRN, and defines the scope of full practice authority for each of the three roles of APRN. The services provided by an APRN under full practice authority in VA are consistent with the nursing profession’s standards of practice for such roles. This rulemaking increases veterans’ access to VA health care by expanding the pool of qualified health care professionals who are authorized to provide primary health care and other related health care services to the full extent of their education, training, and certification, without the clinical supervision of physicians, and it permits VA to use its health care resources more effectively and in a manner that is consistent with the role of APRNs in the non-VA health care sector, while maintaining the patient centered, safe, high-quality health care that veterans receive from VA.
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Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs(VA) | Priority: Other Significant |
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda | Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions |
Major: No | Unfunded Mandates: No |
CFR Citation: 38 CFR 17.415 | |
Legal Authority: 38 U.S.C. 7301 38 U.S.C. 7304 38 U.S.C. 7402 38 U.S.C. 7403 38 U.S.C. 501 ... |
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No | Government Levels Affected: None |
Small Entities Affected: No | Federalism: No |
Included in the Regulatory Plan: Yes | |
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No | |
Agency Contact: Ethan Kalett Director, VHA Regulations Department of Veterans Affairs 810 Vermont Avenue NW., Room 675Q, Washington, DC 20420 Phone:202 461-7633 Email: ethan.kalett@va.gov |