# VA Acquisition Regulation: Simplified Acquisition Procedures for Health-Care Resources
> **US Department of Veterans Affairs** · Final rule. · Published 2003-01-24 · 68 FR 3465
## Document
- **Document number:** 03-1578
- **Category:** va-other
- **Agency:** US Department of Veterans Affairs
- **Federal Register citation:** 68 FR 3465
- **CFR reference:** 48 CFR 801
- **Publication date:** 2003-01-24
## Abstract

This document amends the Department of Veterans Affairs Acquisition Regulation (VAAR) to establish simplified procedures for the competitive acquisition of health-care resources, consisting of commercial services or the use of medical equipment or space pursuant to statute. The Veterans' Health Care Eligibility Reform Act of 1996 authorized VA to prescribe simplified procedures for the procurement of health-care resources. This rule prescribes those procedures.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2003/01/24/03-1578/va-acquisition-regulation-simplified-acquisition-procedures-for-health-care-resources)
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