Optometrists as Acceptable Medical Sources to Establish a Medically Determinable Impairment

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Social Security Administration 20 CFR Parts 404 and 416 [Regulation Nos. 4 and 16] RIN 0960-AG05 AGENCY: Social Security Administration. ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking. SUMMARY: We propose to revise the Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) disability regulations regarding sources of evidence for establishing a medically determinable impairment under titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act (the Act). The revised regulations would expand the situations in which we consider licensed optometrists to be “acceptable medical sources”. DATES: To be sure that your comments are considered, we must receive them by May 1, 2006. ADDRESSES: You may give us your comments by: using our Internet site facility ( i.e. , Social Security Online) at http://policy.ssa.gov/​erm/​rules.nsf/​Rules+​Open+​To+​Comment or the Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://www.regulations.gov ; e-mail to regulations@ssa.gov ; telefax to (410) 966-2830; or letter to the Commissioner of Social Security, P.O. Box 17703, Baltimore, MD 21235-7703. You may also deliver them to the Office of ( printed page 10457) Regulations, Social Security Administration, 100 Altmeyer Building, 6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-6401, between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. on regular business days. Comments are posted on our Internet site, at http://policy.ssa.gov/​erm/​rules.nsf/​Rules+​Open+​To+​Comment , or you may inspec…