42 CFR 51b.404
§ 51b.404 What are the confidentiality requirements?
United States · 42 CFR — Public Health · Status: effective
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- 42 CFR 51b.404, § 51b.404 What are the confidentiality requirements?, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/200868
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All information obtained by program personnel in connection with the examination, care, and treatment of an individual in this program shall be held confidential. It shall not be disclosed without the individual's consent except as may be required by the law of a State or political subdivision of a State or as may be necessary to provide services to the individual. Information may be disclosed in summary, statistical, or other form, or for clinical or research purposes, but only if the disclosure does not identify particular individuals.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.