[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 38, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 38CFR46.8]

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            TITLE 38--PENSIONS, BONUSES, AND VETERANS' RELIEF
 
          CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS (CONTINUED)
 
PART 46--POLICY REGARDING PARTICIPATION IN NATIONAL PRACTITIONER DATA BANK
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                        Subpart D--Miscellaneous
 
Sec. 46.8  Independent contractors.

    Independent contractors acting on behalf of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs are subject to the National Practitioner Data Bank 
reporting provisions of this part. In the following circumstances, VA 
will provide the contractor with notice that a report of a clinical 
privileges action will be filed with the National Practitioner Data Bank 
with a copy with the State Licensing Board in the State(s) in which the 
contractor is licensed and in which the facility is located: where VA 
terminates a contract for possible incompetence or improper professional 
conduct, thereby automatically revoking the contractor's clinical 
privileges, or where the contractor terminates the contract, thereby 
surrendering clinical privileges, either while under investigation 
relating to possible incompetence or improper professional conduct or in 
return for not conducting such an investigation or proceeding.

(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 5705)