[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 19, Volume 3]
[Revised as of April 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 19CFR201.27]

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                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
                 CHAPTER II--UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL
                            TRADE COMMISSION
 
PART 201--RULES OF GENERAL APPLICATION--Table of Contents
 
  Subpart D--Safeguarding Individual Privacy Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a
 
Sec. 201.27  Special procedures: Medical records.

    (a) While an individual has an unqualified right of access to the 
records in systems of records maintained by the Commission which pertain 
to him or her, medical and psychological records merit special treatment 
because of the possibility that disclosure will have an adverse physical 
or psychological effect upon the requesting individual. Accordingly, in 
those instances where an individual is requesting the medical and/or 
psychological records which pertain to him or her, he or she shall, in 
his or her Privacy Act request to the Privacy Act Officer as called for 
in Sec. 201.24(a) of this part,

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specify a physician to whom the medical and/or psychological records may 
be released.
    (b) It shall be the responsibility of the individual requesting 
medical or psychological records to specify a physician to whom the 
requested records may be released. If an individual refuses to name a 
physician and insists on inspecting his or her medical or psychological 
records in the absence of a doctor's discussion and advice, the 
individual shall so state in his or her Privacy Act request to the 
Privacy Act Officer as called for in Sec. 201.24(a) of this part and the 
Privacy Act Officer shall provide access to or transmit such records 
directly to the individual.