title: Responding to disruptive patients. Final rule.
abstract: This final rule amends the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) regulation that authorizes appropriate action when a patient engages in disruptive behavior at a VA medical facility. This amendment updates VA's current regulation to reflect modern medical care and ethical practices. The final rule authorizes VA to modify the time, place, and/or manner in which VA provides treatment to a patient, in order to ensure the safety of others at VA medical facilities, and to prevent any interference with the provision of medical care.
mesh_terms: D019958:Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control*; D019955:Conduct Disorder / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006787:Hospitals, Veterans; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control*; D016134:Organizational Policy; D028701:Patient Rights / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D010361:Patients / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D012308:Risk Management / Q000941:ethics; D012449:Safety; D014481:United States; D014728:Veterans / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence