---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 873.101"
title: "48"
number: "873.101"
heading: "Policy."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/873.101"
---

# §873.101. Policy.

- (a) **General.** In accordance with [38 U.S.C. 8153](/usc/38/8153.md), to secure health-care resources which otherwise might not be feasibly available, or to effectively utilize certain other health-care resources, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) may make arrangements by contract for the mutual use, or exchange of use, of health-care resources between VA health-care facilities and any health-care provider, or other entity or individual. This part prescribes simplified procedures for contracts with entities not affiliated with VA under [38 U.S.C. 7302](/usc/38/7302.md) to secure health-care resources that are a commercial service, or the use of medical equipment or space. VA may enter into such a contract if such resources are not, or would not be, used to their maximum effective capacity. ([38 U.S.C. 8153](/usc/38/8153.md))
- (b) **Precedence.** The procedures in this part shall be used in conjunction with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and other parts of the VA Acquisition Regulation (VAAR). However, when a policy or procedure in the FAR or another part of the VAAR is inconsistent with the procedures contained in this part, this part shall take precedence. ([38 U.S.C. 8153](/usc/38/8153.md))

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 38 U.S.C. 8127-8128; 38 U.S.C. 8151-8153; 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 41 U.S.C. 1121(c)(3); 41 U.S.C. 1303; 41 U.S.C. 1702; and 48 CFR 1.301 through 1.304.

### Source

Source: 86 FR 54118, Sept. 30, 2021, unless otherwise noted.