WASHINGTON, April 2 -- Social Security Administration has issued a rule called: Incorrect Terminology in Regulatory Text; Technical Amendments.
The rule was published in the Federal Register on April 2 by Mark Steffensen, General Counsel, Social Security Administration.
Summary: This final rule makes limited nomenclature changes to the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) to conform with Executive Order (E.O.) 14168, Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government.This change will remove and replace the term "gender" with the term "sex" in the regulatory text of the Listing of Impairments that we use to evaluate disability claims under titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act (Act)....