[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 38, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 38CFR17.62]

[Page 660-661]
 
            TITLE 38--PENSIONS, BONUSES, AND VETERANS' RELIEF
 
                CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
 
PART 17_MEDICAL--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 17.62  Definitions.

    For the purpose of Sec. Sec. 17.61 through 17.72:
    (a) The term community residential care means the monitoring, 
supervision, and assistance, in accordance with a statement of needed 
care, of the daily living activities of referred veterans in an approved 
home in the community by the facility's provider.
    (b) The term statement of needed care means a written description of 
needed assistance in daily living activities devised by VA for each 
referred veteran in the community residential care program.
    (c) The term daily living activities includes:
    (1) Walking;
    (2) Bathing, shaving, brushing teeth, combing hair;
    (3) Dressing;
    (4) Eating;
    (5) Getting in or getting out of bed;
    (6) Laundry;
    (7) Cleaning room;
    (8) Managing money;
    (9) Shopping;
    (10) Using public transportation;
    (11) Writing letters;
    (12) Making telephone calls;
    (13) Obtaining appointments;
    (14) Self-administration of medications;
    (15) Recreational and leisure activities; and
    (16) Other similar activities.
    (d) The term paper hearing means a review of the written evidence of 
record by the hearing official.

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    (e) The term oral hearing means the in person testimony of 
representatives of a community residential care facility and of VA 
before the hearing official and the review of the written evidence of 
record by that official.
    (f) The term approving official means the Director or, if designated 
by the Director, the Associate Director or Chief of Staff of a 
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center or Outpatient Clinic which 
has jurisdiction to approve a community residential care facility.
    (g) The term hearing official means the Director or, if designated 
by the Director, the Associate Director or Chief of Staff of a 
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center or Outpatient Clinic which 
has jurisdiction to approve a community residential care facility.

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

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