[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 38, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 38CFR17.61]

[Page 607]
 
            TITLE 38--PENSIONS, BONUSES, AND VETERANS' RELIEF
 
                CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
 
PART 17--MEDICAL--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 17.61  Eligibility.

    VA health care personnel may assist a veteran by referring such 
veteran for placement in a privately or publicly-owned community 
residential care facility if:
    (a) At the time of initiating the assistance:
    (1) The veteran is receiving VA medical services on an outpatient 
basis or VA medical center, domiciliary, or nursing home care; or
    (2) Such care or services were furnished the veteran within the 
preceding 12 months;
    (b) The veteran does not need hospital or nursing home care but is 
unable to live independently because of medical (including psychiatric) 
conditions and has no suitable family resources to provide needed 
monitoring, supervision, and any necessary assistance in the veteran's 
daily living activities; and
    (c) The facility has been approved in accordance with Sec. 17.63 of 
this part.

(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 1730)

[54 FR 20842, May 15, 1989. Redesignated and amended at 61 FR 21965, 
21966, May 13, 1996]