Larry Ables, Director, Employee Relations and Performance Management Service, Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Human Resources Management and Labor Relations (051), 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20420. Start Further Info FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Send written comments to: Director, Regulations Management (00REG1), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20420. The proposed effective date of these amendments is 30 days after publication of this notice. DATES:Ĭomments must be received on or before February 16, 2006.
Only those sections of the existing regulations that contain proposed changes are included in this notice. In all cases, the words or phrases that are proposed to be added to the regulations are shown in brackets. In the other sections, Public Law 108-170 has been added to an existing list of statutory references. In some of these sections, the word “chiropractors” has been added to a listing of occupations appointed under 38 U.S.C. Part III, Chapter 1, section 1, third note to section 2., and sections 3.a., and 3.h.(5) and Part IV, Chapter 3 (title), sections 1.b.(1), 2.b. The revisions also would amend the following portions of VA Handbook 5021: Part 1, Chapter 3, section 3.a. The revisions that are the subject of this notice will amend portions of the following regulations: VA Directive 5021, Appendix A, sections A.3, B.1.b.(1), B.2.b, B.2.c., B.4.a-d., and B.4.f.
#VA EMPLOYEE MANUAL PROFESSIONAL#
7403(b), these title 38 employees may file an appeal to a Disciplinary Appeals Board if they are subjected to major adverse action that is based in whole or in part on a question of professional conduct and competence.Īs part of its implementation of Public Law 108-170, the Department of Veterans Affairs proposes to revise its Directive and Handbook 5021, Employee/Management Relations, to clarify that chiropractors now have the same right to appeal major adverse actions to Disciplinary Appeal Boards and grieve certain actions as other title 38 employees. Upon successful completion of probationary status as required by 38 U.S.C. Also appointed under this authority are physicians, dentists, podiatrists, optometrists, nurses, nurse anesthetists, physician assistants and expanded-function dental auxiliaries. 108-170), dated December 6, 2003, authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to appoint chiropractors as permanent full-time title 38 employees under 38 U.S.C. Section 302 of the Veterans Health Care, Capital Asset and Business Improvement Act of 2003 ( Pub. Provide legal notice to the public or judicial notice to the courts. Rendition of the daily Federal Register on does not Until the ACFR grants it official status, the XML Legal research should verify their results against an official edition of
#VA EMPLOYEE MANUAL PDF#
The official SGML-based PDF version on, those relying on it for The material on is accurately displayed, consistent with While every effort has been made to ensure that Regulatory information on with the objective ofĮstablishing the XML-based Federal Register as an ACFR-sanctioned The OFR/GPO partnership is committed to presenting accurate and reliable
Register (ACFR) issues a regulation granting it official legal status.įor complete information about, and access to, our official publications Informational resource until the Administrative Committee of the Federal
This prototype edition of theĭaily Federal Register on will remain an unofficial Each document posted on the site includes a link to theĬorresponding official PDF file on. The documents posted on this site are XML renditions of published Federal Register, and does not replace the official print version or the official It is not an official legal edition of the Federal This site displays a prototype of a “Web 2.0” version of the dailyįederal Register.