[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 42, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 42CFR401.116]

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                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH
 
                             HUMAN SERVICES
 
PART 401--GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS--Table of Contents
 
                Subpart B--Confidentiality and Disclosure
 
Sec. 401.116  Availability of records upon request.

    (a) General. In addition to the records made available pursuant to 
Secs. 401.106,

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401.108, 401.110 and 401.112, CMS will, upon request made in accordance 
with this subpart, make identified records available to any person, 
unless they are exempt from disclosure under the provisions of section 
552(b) of title 5, United States Code (see Sec. 401.126), or any other 
provision of law.
    (b) Misappropriation, alteration, or destruction of records. No 
person may remove any record made available to him for inspection or 
copying under this part, from the place where it is made available. In 
addition, no person may steal, alter, mutilate, obliterate, or destroy 
in whole or in part, such a record. See sections 641 and 2071 of title 
18 of the United States Code.