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20420 or email to Bogdan.Vaga@va.gov.
Please refer to ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–
0863’’ in any correspondence. During
the comment period, comments may be
viewed online through FDMS.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Maribel Aponte, Office of Enterprise
and Integration, Data Governance
Analytics (008), 810 Vermont Ave. NW,
Washington, DC 20006, (202) 266–4688
or email maribel.aponte@va.gov. Please
refer to ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0863’’
in any correspondence.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
PRA of 1995, Federal agencies must
obtain approval from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for each
collection of information they conduct
or sponsor. This request for comment is
being made pursuant to Section
3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA. With respect
to the following collection of
information, OAL invites comments on:
(1) whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of OAL’s functions,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; (2) the accuracy of
OAL’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information; (3)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (4) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
or the use of other forms of information
technology.
Authority: Public Law 104–13; 44
U.S.C. 3501–3521.
Title: VA Acquisition Regulation
(VAAR) Construction Provisions and
Clauses.
OMB Control Number: 2900–0863.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Abstract: This Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA) submission seeks renewal
without changes of Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
approved No.2900–0863, VAAR clause
852.237–73, Crime Control Act—
Requirement for Background Checks.
Under the Crime Control Act of 1990 (34
U.S.C. 20351), each agency of the
Federal Government, and every facility
operated by the Federal Government, or
operated under contract with the
Federal Government, that hires, or
contracts for hire, individuals involved
with the provision to children under the
age of 18 of childcare services shall
assure that all existing and newly hired
employees undergo a criminal history
background check. VAAR clause
852.237–73, Crime Control Act—
Requirement for Background Checks, is
required in all solicitations, contracts,

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and orders that involve providing
childcare services to children under the
age of 18, including social services,
health and mental health care, child(day) care, education (whether or not
directly involved in teaching), and
rehabilitative programs covered under
the statute.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.
Estimated Annual Burden: 1,500
hours.
Estimated Average Burden per
Respondent: 60 minutes.
Frequency of Response: One per
contract employee.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
1,500.
By direction of the Secretary.
Maribel Aponte,
VA PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
Enterprise and Integration/Data Governance
Analytics, Department of Veterans Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
[OMB Control No. 2900–0586]

Agency Information Collection
Activity: VA Acquisition Regulation
(VAAR) Clause 852.211–72, Technical
Industry Standards
Office of Acquisition and
Logistics, Department of Veterans
Affairs.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

Office of Acquisition and
Logistics (OAL), Department of Veterans
Affairs (VA), is announcing an
opportunity for public comment on the
proposed collection of certain
information by the agency. Under the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
1995, Federal agencies are required to
publish notice in the Federal Register
concerning each proposed collection of
information, including each proposed
extension of a currently approved
collection, and allow 60 days for public
comment in response to the notice.
DATES: Written comments and
recommendations on the proposed
collection of information should be
received on or before September 27,
2022.
SUMMARY:

Submit written comments
on the collection of information through
Federal Docket Management System
(FDMS) at www.Regulations.gov or to
Bogdan Vaga, Office of Acquisition &
Logistics, Procurement Policy & Warrant
Management Services (003A2A),
Department of Veterans Affairs, 810

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Vermont Avenue NW, Washington, DC
20420 or email to Bogdan.Vaga@va.gov.
Please refer to ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–
0586’’ in any correspondence. During
the comment period, comments may be
viewed online through FDMS.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Maribel Aponte, Office of Enterprise
and Integration, Data Governance
Analytics (008), 810 Vermont Ave. NW,
Washington, DC 20006, (202) 266–4688
or email maribel.aponte@va.gov. Please
refer to ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0586’’
in any correspondence.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
PRA of 1995, Federal agencies must
obtain approval from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for each
collection of information they conduct
or sponsor. This request for comment is
being made pursuant to Section
3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA. With respect
to the following collection of
information, OAL invites comments on:
(1) whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of OAL’s functions,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; (2) the accuracy of
OAL’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information; (3)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (4) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
or the use of other forms of information
technology.
Authority: Public Law 104–13; 44
U.S.C. 3501–3521.
Title: VA Acquisition Regulation
(VAAR) Construction Provisions and
Clauses.
OMB Control Number: 2900–0586.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Abstract: This Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA) submission seeks an
extension of Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) approval No. 2900–0586
for collection of information for both
commercial and non-commercial item,
service, and construction solicitations
and contracts using VAAR Clause
852.211–72, Technical Industry
Standards, as prescribed in CFR Title
48, Federal Acquisition Regulations
System, VAAR 811.204–70, Contract
clause. VAAR clause 852.211–72,
Technical Industry Standards, requires
that items offered for sale to VA under
the solicitation conform to certain
technical industry standards, such as
United States Department of Agriculture
(USDA) or the USDA Institutional Meat
Purchase Specifications (IMPS) and that
the contractor furnish evidence to VA

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that the items meet that requirement.
The evidence is normally in the form of
a tag or seal affixed to the item, such as
a label on beef product. In most cases,
this requires no additional effort on the
part of the contractor, as the items come
from the factory with the tags already in
place, as part of the manufacturer’s
standard manufacturing operation.
Occasionally, for items not already
meeting standards or for items not
previously tested, a contractor will have
to furnish a certificate from an
acceptable laboratory certifying that the
items furnished have been tested in
accordance with, and conform to, the
specified standards. Only firms whose
products have not previously been
tested to ensure the products meet the
industry standards required under the
solicitation and contract will be
required to submit a separate certificate.
The information will be used to ensure
that the items being purchased meet
minimum safety standards and to
protect VA employees, VA beneficiaries,
and the public.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.
Estimated Annual Burden: 559 hours.
Estimated Average Burden per
Respondent: 30 minutes.
Frequency of Response: One per
contract.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
1,118.
By direction of the Secretary.
Maribel Aponte,
VA PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
Enterprise and Integration/Data Governance
Analytics, Department of Veterans Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
Notice of Request for Information on
the Department of Veterans Affairs
Kinesiotherapist Standard of Practice
Department of Veterans Affairs
Request for Information.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

The Department of Veterans
Affairs (VA) is requesting information to
assist in developing a national standard
of practice for VA Kinesiotherapists. VA
seeks comments on various topics to
help inform VA’s development of this
national standard of practice.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before September 27, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be
submitted through www.regulations.gov.
Comments received will be available at
www.regulations.gov for public viewing,
inspection or copies.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ethan Kalett, Office of Regulations,
Appeals and Policy (10BRAP), Veterans
Health Administration, Department of
Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20420, 202–461–
0500. This is not a toll-free number.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Authority
38 U.S.C. 73 and 74 and 38 U.S.C. 303
permit the Secretary to further regulate
VA’s health care professions to make
certain that VA’s health care system
provides safe and effective health care
by qualified health care professionals to
ensure the well-being of those Veterans
who have borne the battle.
On November 12, 2020, VA published
an interim final rule to confirm that VA
health care professionals may practice
their health care profession consistent
with the scope and requirements of their
VA employment, notwithstanding any
State license, registration, certification
or other requirements that unduly
interfere with their practice. 38 CFR
17.419; 85 FR 71838. Specifically, this
rulemaking confirmed VA’s current
practice of allowing VA health care
professionals to deliver health care
services in a state other than the health
care professional’s state of licensure,
registration, certification or other state
requirement, thereby enhancing
beneficiaries’ access to critical VA
health care services. The rulemaking
also confirmed VA’s authority to
establish national standards of practice
for health care professionals which
would standardize a health care
professional’s practice in all VA medical
facilities.
The rulemaking explained that a
national standard of practice describes
the tasks and duties that a VA health
care professional practicing in the
health care profession may perform and
may be permitted to undertake. Having
a national standard of practice means
that individuals from the same VA
health care profession may provide the
same type of tasks and duties regardless
of the VA medical facility where they
are located or the state license,
registration, certification or other state
requirement they hold. We emphasized
in the rulemaking, and reiterate here,
that VA will determine on an individual
basis that a health care professional has
the necessary education, training and
skills to perform the tasks and duties
detailed in the national standard of
practice and will only be able to
perform such tasks and duties after they
have been incorporated into the
individual’s privileges, scope of practice
or functional statement. The rulemaking
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national standards and directed that all
national standards of practice would be
subsequently created via policy.
Need for National Standards of Practice
As the Nation’s largest integrated
health care system, it is critical that VA
develops national standards of practice
to ensure beneficiaries receive the same
high-quality care regardless of where
they enter the system and to ensure that
VA health care professionals can
efficiently meet the needs of
beneficiaries when practicing within the
scope of their VA employment. National
standards are designed to increase
beneficiaries’ access to safe and effective
health care, thereby improving health
outcomes. the COVID–19 pandemic
underscored the importance of this
initiative. With an increased need for
mobility in our workforce, including
through VA’s Disaster Emergency
Medical Personnel System, creating a
uniform standard of practice better
supports VA health care professionals
who already practice across state lines.
In addition, developing national
standards of practice aligns with VA’s
long-term deployment of a new
electronic health record (EHR). National
standards of practice are critical for
optimal EHR implementation to enable
the specific roles for each health care
profession in EHR to be consistent
across Veterans Health Administration
(VHA) and to support increased
interoperability between VA and the
Department of Defense (DoD). DoD has
historically standardized practice for
certain health care professionals, and
VHA closely partnered with DoD to
learn from their experience.
Process To Develop National Standards
of Practice
Consistent with 38 CFR 17.419, VA is
developing national standards of
practice via policy. There will be one
overarching National Standard of
Practice directive with each individual
national standard of practice as an
appendix to the directive. The directive
and all appendices will be accessible on
VHA Publications website at: https://
vaww.va.gov/vhapublications/ (internal)
and https://www.va.gov/
vhapublications/ (external) once
published.
To develop these national standards,
VA is using a robust, interactive process
that is consistent with our authority
under the Supremacy Clause of the
United States Constitution and
consistent with the guidance outlined in
Executive Order (E.O.) 13132 to utilize
such authority. The process includes
consulting with internal and external

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