{"data":{"id":"us/38-cfr-17.244","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"38 CFR 17.244","heading":"Definitions.","body":"For purposes of §§ 17.243 through 17.248:\nBenefit means a benefit provided by VA to a resident that has monetary value in addition to a resident's stipend, which may include but not be limited to health insurance, life insurance, worker's compensation, disability insurance, Federal Insurance Contributions Act taxes, and retirement contributions.\nCovered facility means any facility identified in § 17.245.\nEducational activities mean all activities in which residents participate to meet educational goals or curriculum requirements of a residency program, to include but not be limited to: clinical duties; research; attendance in didactic sessions; attendance at facility committee meetings; scholarly activities that are part of an accredited training program; and approved educational details.\nResident means physician trainees engaged in post-graduate specialty or subspecialty training programs that are either accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education or in the application process for such accreditation. A resident may include an individual in their first post-graduate year (PGY-1) of training (often referred to as an intern), and an individual who has completed training in their primary specialty and continues training in a subspecialty graduate medical education program (generally referred to a fellow).\nStipend means the annual salary paid by VA for a resident.\nVA health care facility means any VA-owned or VA-operated location where VA physicians provide care to veterans, to include but not be limited to a VA medical center, independent outpatient clinic, domiciliary, nursing home (community living center), residential treatment program, and community-based clinic.","path":["Title 38—Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief","CHAPTER I—DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS","PART 17—MEDICAL"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-38.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:50Z","sha256":"7dd826df526c5d25f2b9e0445418d99445a873afbc35bf4bff8b5006d1f44474","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/38-cfr-17.243","next":"us/38-cfr-17.245"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}