{"abstract":"We are revising the Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) disability regulations regarding sources of evidence for establishing the existence of a medically determinable impairment under title II and title XVI of the Social Security Act (the Act). We are doing this to clarify and expand the list of acceptable medical sources and to revise the definition of the term \"medical consultant\" to include additional acceptable medical sources.","action":"Final rules.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"Social Security Administration","name":"Social Security Administration","id":470,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/social-security-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/470","parent_id":null,"slug":"social-security-administration"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2000/06/01/00-13607.html","cfr_references":[{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":"404","title":20},{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":"416","title":20}],"citation":"65 FR 34950","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":null,"correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"These rules are effective July 3, 2000.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["Regulations Nos. 4 and 16"],"dockets":[],"document_number":"00-13607","effective_on":"2000-07-03","end_page":34959,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2000/06/01/00-13607.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2000/06/01/00-13607/federal-old-age-survivors-and-disability-insurance-and-supplemental-security-income-for-the-aged","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/00-13607?publication_date=2000-06-01","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2000-06-01/00-13607/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":10,"page_views":{"count":164,"last_updated":"2026-08-24 16:15:16 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2000-06-01/pdf/00-13607.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":null,"publication_date":"2000-06-01","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2000/06/01/00-13607.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{"0960-AD91":{"issue":"199904","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/regulations/0960-AD91/federal-old-age-survivors-and-disability-insurance-and-supplemental-security-income-medical-and-othe","title":"Federal Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income, Medical and Other Evidence of Your Impairment(s) (469F)","xml_url":"http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eAgendaViewRule?pubId=199904&RIN=0960-AD91&operation=OPERATION_EXPORT_XML","priority_category":"Substantive, Nonsignificant"}},"regulation_id_numbers":["0960-AD91"],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":false,"signing_date":null,"start_page":34950,"subtype":null,"title":"Federal Old-Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income for the Aged, Blind, and Disabled; Medical and Other Evidence of Your Impairment(s) and Definition of Medical Consultant","toc_doc":"Aged blind and disabled; medical and other evidence of impairment, etc.","toc_subject":"Social security benefits:","topics":["Administrative practice and procedure","Blind","Disability benefits","Reporting and recordkeeping requirements","Social security"],"type":"Rule","volume":65}