Elimination of Requirements for Prior Signature Consent and Pre- and Post- Test Counseling for HIV Testing

Zusammenfassung

This document proposes to amend the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Informed Consent regulations to update requirements concerning testing for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) so that they are consistent with the Veterans' Mental Health and Other Care Improvements Act of 2008, which repealed provisions that had been enacted in 2003.