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VHA HANDBOOK 1200.17
Congress has largely left it up to VA to develop
guidance for the
NPCs. VA General Counsel's interpretation of the authorizing statute and
the scope of the NPCs are specified in Handbook 1200.17 of the VHA Research and Development
Manual.
All board members and senior staff
should be familiar with Handbook 1200.17. In addition, NPC mission statements should reflect the purpose established in the authorizing legislation.
In Handbook
1200.17, the scope of VA research and education corporations is stated as:
a. Research and Education Corporations (“Corporations”) exist and may exist solely to facilitate research and education at the medical center by acting as a flexible funding mechanism. The Corporations are subject to dissolution should they not serve the best interest of VA. VA employees involved in any fashion in the affairs or operations of the Corporations must ensure that the Corporations further the interests of the Department, VHA,
and VA research and education programs.
b. Every research project approved by the facility Research and Development (R&D) Committee is a VA research project, regardless of the source of funding or the entity administering the funds, and regardless of the research site (see VHA Directive 1200).
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