title: Removal of penalty for breaking appointments. Final rule.
abstract: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) amends its regulations to remove an outdated regulation that stated that a veteran who misses two medical appointments without providing 24 hours' notice and a reasonable excuse is deemed to have refused VA medical care. VA removes this penalty because we believe it is incompatible with regulatory changes implemented after the regulation was promulgated, is not in line with current practice, and is inconsistent with VA's patient-centered approach to medical care.
mesh_terms: D001071:Appointments and Schedules; D006801:Humans; D010349:Patient Compliance; D016079:Refusal to Treat / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D014481:United States; D014728:Veterans / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D058014:Veterans Health / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*