# Responding to Disruptive Patients
> **US Department of Veterans Affairs** · Final rule. · Published 2010-11-16 · Effective 2010-12-16 · 75 FR 69881
## Document
- **Document number:** 2010-28711
- **Category:** va-other
- **Agency:** US Department of Veterans Affairs
- **Federal Register citation:** 75 FR 69881
- **CFR reference:** 38 CFR 17
- **Publication date:** 2010-11-16
- **Effective date:** 2010-12-16
## 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.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2010/11/16/2010-28711/responding-to-disruptive-patients)
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