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42 C.F.R. PART 2--CONFIDENTIALITY OF ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE PATIENT RECORDS

TITLE 42--Public Health

CHAPTER I--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

SUBCHAPTER A--GENERAL PROVISIONS

PART 2--CONFIDENTIALITY OF ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE PATIENT RECORDS

Subpart A--INTRODUCTION

�2.1	Statutory authority for confidentiality of drug abuse patient records.

�2.2	Statutory authority for confidentiality of alcohol abuse patient records.

�2.3	Purpose and effect.

�2.4	Criminal penalty for violation.

�2.5	Reports of violations.

Subpart B--GENERAL PROVISIONS

�2.11

Definitions.

�2.12

Applicability.

�2.13

Confidentiality restrictions.

�2.14

Minor patients.

�2.15

Incompetent and deceased patients.

�2.16

Security for written records.

�2.17

Undercover agents and informants.

�2.18

Restrictions on the use of identification cards.

�2.19

Disposition of records by Discontinued programs.

�2.20

Relationship to State laws.

�2.21

Relationship to Federal statutes protecting research subjects against compulsory disclosure of their identity.

�2.22

Notice to patients of Federal confidentiality requirements.

�2.23

Patient access and restrictions on use.

Subpart C--DISCLOSURES WITH PATIENT'S CONSENT

�2.31

Form of written consent.

�2.32

Prohibition on redisclosure.

�2.33

Disclosures permitted with written consent.

�2.34

Disclosures to prevent multiple enrollments in detoxification and maintenance treatment programs.

�2.35

Disclosures to elements of the criminal justice system which have referred patients.

Subpart D--DISCLOSURES WITHOUT PATIENT CONSENT

�2.51

Medical emergencies.

�2.52

Research activities.

�2.53

Audit and evaluation activities.

Subpart E--COURT ORDERS AUTHORIZING DISCLOSURE AND USE

�2.61

Legal effect of order.

�2.62

Order not applicable to records disclosed without consent to researchers, auditors and evaluators.

�2.63

Confidential communications.

�2.64

Procedures and criteria for orders authorizing disclosures for noncriminal purposes.

�2.65

Procedures and criteria for orders authorizing disclosure and use of records to criminally investigate or prosecute patients.

�2.66

Procedures and criteria for orders authorizing disclosure and use of records to investigate or prosecute a program or the person holding the records.

�2.67

Orders authorizing the use of undercover agents and informants to criminally investigate employees or agents of a program.