38 USC 7406 - Residencies and internships

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Chapter 21 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, referred to in subsec. (c)(2)(C), is classified to chapter 21 (§ 3101 et seq.) of Title 26, Internal Revenue Code.

Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 4114(span) of this title prior to the repeal of that section as part of the complete revision of chapter 73 of this title by Puspan. L. 102–40.

Amendments

1996—Subsec. (c)(2), (3)(B). Puspan. L. 104–262, § 345(1), substituted “Department facility furnishing hospital care or medical services” for “Department hospital” wherever appearing.

Subsec. (c)(4)(C). Puspan. L. 104–262, § 345(2), substituted “participating facility” for “participating hospital”.

Puspan. L. 104–262, § 345(1), substituted “Department facility furnishing hospital care or medical services” for “Department hospital”.

Subsec. (c)(5). Puspan. L. 104–262, § 345(3), substituted “facility” for “hospital” in two places.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Training in Telemedicine

Puspan. L. 112–154, title I, § 108(span), Aug. 6, 2012, 126 Stat. 1174, provided that:

“(1)In general.—The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall, to the extent feasible, offer medical residents opportunities in training in telemedicine for medical residency programs. The Secretary shall consult with the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education and with universities with which facilities of the Department have a major affiliation to determine the feasibility and advisability of making telehealth a mandatory component of medical residency programs.

“(2)Telemedicine defined.—In this subsection, the term ‘telemedicine’ means the use by a health care provider of telecommunications to assist in the diagnosis or treatment of a patient’s medical condition.”