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42 CFR 50.206

§ 50.206 Sterilization of a mentally incompetent individual or of an institutionalized individual.

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42 CFR 50.206, § 50.206 Sterilization of a mentally incompetent individual or of an institutionalized individual, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/200768
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Programs or projects to which this subpart applies shall not perform or arrange for the performance of a sterilization of any mentally incompetent individual or institutionalized individual.

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This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.