CHAPTER I-DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS EDITORIAL NOTE: Nomenclature changes to chapter I appear at 64 FR 30244, June 7, 1999; 66 FR 44053, Aug. 22, 2001; and 66 FR 66767, Dec. 27, 2001. National Service Life Insurance 476 8a Veterans Mortgage Life Insurance 495 Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance and Vet- 498 Adjusted compensation 511 Loans by banks on and payment of adjusted serv- 518 12 13 Disposition of veteran's personal funds and effects 525 536 14 Legal services, General Counsel, and miscellaneous 544 Enforcement of nondiscrimination on the basis of 585 591 17 Medical 602 Subpart A-General Provisions $0.735-1 Agency ethics officials. (a) Designated Agency Ethics Official (DAEO). The Assistant General Counsel (023) is the designated agency ethics official (DAEO) for the Department of Veterans Affairs. The Deputy Assistant General Counsel (023C) is the alternate DAEO, who is designated to act in the DAEO's absence. The DAEO has primary responsibility for the administration, coordination, and management of the VA ethics program, pursuant to 5 CFR 2638.201-204. (b) Deputy ethics officials. (1) The Regional Counsel are deputy ethics officials. They have been delegated the authority to act for the DAEO within their jurisdiction, under the DAEO's supervision, pursuant to 5 CFR 2638.204. (2) The alternate DAEO, the DAEO's staff, and staff in the Offices of Regional Counsel, may also act as deputy ethics officials pursuant to delegations of one or more of the DAEO's duties from the DAEO or the Regional Counsel. [58 FR 61813, Nov. 23, 1993. Redesignated at 61 FR 11309, Mar. 20, 1996] $0.735-2 Government-wide standards. For government-wide standards of ethical conduct and related responsibilities for Federal employees, see 5 CFR Part 735 and Chapter XVI. [61 FR 11309, Mar. 20, 1996. Redesignated at 63 FR 33579, June 19, 1998] Subpart B-Standards of Ethical Conduct and Related Responsibilities of Employees SOURCE: 58 FR 61814, Nov. 23, 1993, unless otherwise noted. $0.735-10 Cross-reference to employee ethical and other conduct standards and financial disclosure regulations. Employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) should refer to the executive branch-wide Standards of Ethical Conduct at 5 CFR part 2635, the executive branch-wide Employee Responsibilities and Conduct at 5 CFR part 735, and the executive branch-wide financial disclosure regulation at 5 CFR part 2634. § 0.735-11 Other conduct on the job. Relationship with beneficiaries and claimants. Employees are expected to be helpful to beneficiaries, patients and claimants, but: (a) An employee shall not procure intoxicants or drugs for, or attempt to sell intoxicants or drugs to, patients or members, or give or attempt to give intoxicants or drugs to them unless officially prescribed for medical use; (b) An employee shall not abuse patients, members, or other beneficiaries, whether or not provoked. $0.735-12 Standards of conduct in special areas. (a) Safety. (1) Employees will observe safety instructions, signs, and normal safety practices and precautions, including the use of protective clothing and equipment. (2) An employee shall report each work-connected injury, accident or disease he or she suffers. (b) Furnishing testimony. Employees will furnish information and testify freely and honestly in cases respecting employment and disciplinary matters. investigate or prosecute VA or employees of VA. 1.496 Orders authorizing the use of undercover agents and informants to criminally investigate employees or agents of VA. 1.497-1.499 [Reserved] RELEASE OF INFORMATION FROM DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS CLAIMANT RECORDS 1.500 General. 1.501 Release of information by the Sec retary. 1.502 Disclosure of the amount of monetary benefits. 1.503 Disclosure of information to a veteran or his or her duly authorized representative as to matters concerning the veteran alone. 1.504 Disclosure of information to a widow, child, or other claimant. 1.505 Genealogy. 1.506 Disclosure of records to Federal Government departments, State unemployment compensation agencies, and the Office of Servicemembers' Group Life In surance. 1.507 Disclosures to members of Congress. 1.508 Disclosure in cases where claimants are charged with or convicted of criminal offenses. 1.509 Disclosure to courts in proceedings in the nature of an inquest. 1.510 Disclosure to insurance companies cooperating with the Department of Justice in the defense of insurance suits against the United States. 1.511 Disclosure of claimant records in connection with judicial proceedings generally. 1.512 Disclosure of loan guaranty information. 1.513 Disclosure of information contained in Armed Forces service and related medical records in Department of Veterans Affairs custody. 1.514 Disclosure to private physicians and hospitals other than Department of Veterans Affairs. 1.579 |