38 CFR § 17.260 - Patient care costs to be excluded from direct costs.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t38/s17.260"
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title: "38 CFR § 17.260 - Patient care costs to be excluded from direct costs."
title_number: 38
title_name: "Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief"
section_number: "17.260"
section_name: "Patient care costs to be excluded from direct costs."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS"
part_number: "17"
part_name: "MEDICAL"
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last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "38 U.S.C. 501, and as noted in specific sections."
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# 17.260 Patient care costs to be excluded from direct costs.
Grant funds for planning or implementing agreements for the exchange of medical information shall not be available for the payment of any hospital, medical, or other costs involving the care of patients except to the extent that such costs are determined to be incident to research, training, or demonstration activities carried out in connection with an exchange of information program.
[33 FR 6012, Apr. 19, 1968. Redesignated at 61 FR 21966, May 13, 1996]