[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 42, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 42CFR50.209]

[Page 145]
 
                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH
 
    CHAPTER I--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                                SERVICES
 
PART 50--POLICIES OF GENERAL APPLICABILITY--Table of Contents
 
    Subpart B--Sterilization of Persons in Federally Assisted Family 
                            Planning Projects
 
Sec. 50.209  Use of Federal financial assistance.

    (a) Federal financial assistance adminstered by the Public Health 
Service may not be used for expenditures for sterilization procedures 
unless the consent form appended to this section or another form 
approved by the Secretary is used.
    (b) A program or project shall not use Federal financial assistance 
for any sterilization or hysterectomy without first receiving 
documentation showing that the requirements of this subpart have been 
met. Documentation includes consent forms, and as applicable, either 
acknowledgments of receipt of hysterectomy information or certification 
of an exception for hysterectomies.

[43 FR 52165, Nov. 8, 1978, as amended at 47 FR 33701, Aug. 4, 1982]