Health Care Professionals Practicing Via Telehealth
VA · va-other · Published 2025-10-02 · Effective 2025-11-03 · 90 FR 47595
Document
Document number
2025-19324
Federal Register citation
90 FR 47595
CFR reference
38 CFR 17
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
va-other
Agency
US Department of Veterans Affairs
Publication date
2025-10-02
Effective date
2025-11-03
Docket
Docket No. VA-2022-VHA-0020
Abstract
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) adopts as final, with changes, a proposed rule to amend its medical regulations that govern VA's health care professionals who practice health care via telehealth. This final rule implements the authorities of the VA MISSION Act of 2018 and the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021. This final rule enables VA to maximize health care resource utilization and provide safe and convenient national health care to veterans using telehealth. It also strengthens VA's role in supporting national and State responses to war, terrorism, national emergencies and natural disasters.