45 CFR 211.4
§ 211.4 Notification to legal guardian, spouse, next of kin, or interested persons.
United States · 45 CFR — Public Welfare · Status: effective
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- 45 CFR 211.4, § 211.4 Notification to legal guardian, spouse, next of kin, or interested persons, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/218338
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Full text
(a) Whenever an eligible person arrives in the United States from a foreign country, or when such person is transferred from one State to another, the Administrator shall, upon such arrival or transfer (or in advance thereof, if possible), provide for notification of his legal guardian, or in the absence of such a guardian, of his spouse or next of kin, or in the absence of any of these, of one or more interested persons, if known.
(b) Whenever an eligible person is admitted to a hospital pursuant to the Act, the Administrator shall provide for immediate notification of his legal guardian, spouse, or next of kin, if known.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.