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Title 42 → Chapter I → Subchapter A → Part 2

TITLE 42—Public Health

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

SUBCHAPTER A—GENERAL PROVISIONS

PART 2—CONFIDENTIALITY OF SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER PATIENT RECORDS

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Subpart A—INTRODUCTION

§2.1
Statutory authority for confidentiality of substance use disorder patient records.
§2.2
Purpose and effect.
§2.3
Criminal penalty for violation.
§2.4
Reports of violations.
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Subpart B—GENERAL PROVISIONS

§2.11
Definitions.
§2.12
Applicability.
§2.13
Confidentiality restrictions and safeguards.
§2.14
Minor patients.
§2.15
Incompetent and deceased patients.
§2.16
Security for 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.
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Subpart C—DISCLOSURES WITH PATIENT CONSENT

§2.31
Consent requirements.
§2.32
Prohibition on re-disclosure.
§2.33
Disclosures permitted with written consent.
§2.34
Disclosures to prevent multiple enrollments.
§2.35
Disclosures to elements of the criminal justice system which have referred patients.
§2.36
Disclosures to prescription drug monitoring programs.
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Subpart D—DISCLOSURES WITHOUT PATIENT CONSENT

§2.51
Medical emergencies.
§2.52
Research.
§2.53
Audit and evaluation.
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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 part 2 program or the person holding the records.
§2.67
Orders authorizing the use of undercover agents and informants to investigate employees or agents of a part 2 program in connection with a criminal matter.

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