[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: 38CFR47.1]

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            TITLE 38--PENSIONS, BONUSES, AND VETERANS' RELIEF
 
          CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS (CONTINUED)
 
PART 47--POLICY REGARDING REPORTING HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS TO STATE 
LICENSING BOARDS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 47.1  Definitions.

    (a) Dentist means a doctor of dental surgery or dental medicine 
legally authorized to practice dental surgery or medical dentistry by a 
State (or any individual who, without authority, holds himself or 
herself out to be so authorized).
    (b) Other health care professional means an individual other than a 
physician or dentist who is licensed or otherwise authorized by a State 
to provide health care services (or any individual

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who, without authority, holds himself or herself out to be so licensed 
or authorized).
    (c) Physician means a doctor of medicine or osteopathy legally 
authorized to practice medicine or surgery by a State (or any individual 
who, without authority, holds himself or herself out to be so 
authorized).
    (d) State means the fifty States, the District of Columbia, Puerto 
Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana 
Islands and any other territories or possessions of the United States.
    (e) State Licensing Board means, with respect to a physician, 
dentist or other health care practitioner in a State, the agency of the 
State which is primarily responsible for the licensing of the physician, 
dentist or practitioner to provide health care services.
    (f) Generally accepted standards of clinical practice means 
reasonable competence in the clinical aspects of one's responsibilities, 
as well as the moral and ethical behavior necessary to carry out those 
responsibilities.
    (g) Separated licensed health care professional means a licensed 
health care professional who is no longer on VA rolls, regardless of 
whether the individual left voluntarily or involuntarily and regardless 
of the reason why the individual left.
    (h) Currently employed licensed health care professional means a 
licensed health care professional who is on VA rolls.
    (i) On VA rolls means on VA rolls, regardless of the status of the 
professional, such as full-time, part-time, contract service, fee-basis, 
or without compensation.

(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 501, 7401-7405; Section 204(b) of Pub. L. 99-166, 
99 Stat. 952-953; Pub. L. 99-660, 100 Stat. 3743)

[58 FR 48455, Sept. 16, 1993, as amended at 63 FR 23665, Apr. 30, 1998]