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Title 38 → Chapter I → Part 17 → §17.503 |
Title 38: Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief
PART 17—MEDICAL
§17.503 Improper disclosure.
(a) Improper disclosure is the disclosure of confidential and privileged healthcare quality assurance review records or documents (or information contained therein), as defined in §17.501, to any person who is not authorized access to the records or documents under the statute and the regulations in §§17.500 through 17.511.
(b) “Disclosure” means the communication, transmission, or conveyance in any way of any confidential and privileged quality assurance records or documents or information contained in them to any individual or organization in any form by any means.
(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 5705)