Continuity of Care via Telemedicine for Veterans Affairs Patients
other · US Department of Health and Human Services · Rule · Published 2025-01-17 · Effective 2025-02-18 · 90 FR 6523
Document
Document number
2025-01044
Federal Register citation
90 FR 6523
CFR reference
21 CFR 1306
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
other
Sub-agency
US Department of Health and Human Services
Publication date
2025-01-17
Effective date
2025-02-18
HHS docket
Docket No. DEA-407VA
Abstract
This final rule authorizes Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) practitioners acting within the scope of their VA employment to prescribe controlled substances via telemedicine to a VA patient with whom they have not conducted an in-person medical evaluation. VA practitioners are permitted to prescribe controlled substances to VA patients if another VA practitioner has, at any time, previously conducted an in-person medical evaluation of the VA patient, subject to certain conditions.