title: Disclosure of medical information to the surrogate of a patient who lacks decision-making capacity. Final rule.
abstract: This document amends Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) regulations to reflect changes made by section 504 of the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 2010. Section 504 authorizes a VA practitioner, when the practitioner deems it necessary to ensure an informed medical decision, to share certain, otherwise protected medical information with the representative of a patient who lacks decision-making capacity. This rulemaking amends VA regulations consistent with this new authority.
mesh_terms: D017028:Caregivers; D003657:Decision Making; D030881:Disclosure; D006801:Humans; D007255:Information Services; D019727:Proxy; D014481:United States; D014493:United States Department of Veterans Affairs; D014728:Veterans / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*