---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 U.S.C. § 7323"
title: "38"
title_heading: "Veterans’ Benefits"
number: "7323"
heading: "Required consultations with nurses"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/38/7323"
units:
  - "Part V — Boards, Administrations, and Services"
  - "Chapter 73 — Veterans Health Administration—organization and Functions"
  - "Subchapter II — General Authority and Administration"
---

# §7323. Required consultations with nurses


The Under [Secretary](/usc/38/101.md?p=1) for Health shall ensure that—

- (1) the director of a geographic service area, in formulating policy relating to the provision of patient care, shall consult regularly with a senior nurse executive or senior nurse executives; and
- (2) the director of a medical center shall include a registered nurse as a member of any committee used at that medical center to provide recommendations or decisions on medical center operations or policy affecting clinical services, clinical outcomes, budget, or resources.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 106–419, title II, § 201(b)(1), Nov. 1, 2000, 114 Stat. 1840.)