[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: 42CFR51a.6]

[Page 169]
 
                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH
 
    CHAPTER I--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                                SERVICES
 
PART 51a--PROJECT GRANTS FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 51a.6  What confidentiality requirements must be met?

    All information as to personal facts and circumstances obtained by 
the project's staff about recipients of services shall be held 
confidential, and shall not be disclosed without the individual's 
consent except as may be otherwise required by applicable law or as may 
be necessary to provide for medical audits by the Secretary with 
appropriate safeguards for confidentiality of patient records. 
Otherwise, information may be disclosed only in summary, statistical, or 
other form which does not identify particular individuals.