# Medication Prescribed by Non-VA Physicians
> **US Department of Veterans Affairs** · Final rule. · Published 2009-08-28 · Effective 2009-08-28 · 74 FR 44290
## Document
- **Document number:** E9-20792
- **Category:** va-other
- **Agency:** US Department of Veterans Affairs
- **Federal Register citation:** 74 FR 44290
- **CFR reference:** 38 CFR 17
- **Publication date:** 2009-08-28
- **Effective date:** 2009-08-28
## Abstract

This document amends and adopts an interim final rule that governs the provision of medications to veterans when medication is prescribed by physicians who are not employees of nor are they providing care under contract with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). In a document published in the Federal Register on July 25, 2003, VA issued an interim final rule establishing a temporary program while also maintaining the program that it had in place before the interim final rule. Because the need cited in the interim final rule has abated and because the provisions added by the interim final rule were self- limiting in time and scope, we are removing these provisions which established the now obsolete temporary program.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2009/08/28/E9-20792/medication-prescribed-by-non-va-physicians)
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