[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 44, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 44CFR6.31]

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              TITLE 44--EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND ASSISTANCE
 
             CHAPTER I--FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
 
PART 6--IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PRIVACY ACT OF 1974--Table of Contents
 
                 Subpart C--Individual Access to Records
 
Sec. 6.31  Special requirements for medical records.

    (a) A system manager who receives a request from an individual for 
access to those official medical records which belong to the U.S. Office 
of Personnel Management and are described in Chapter 339, Federal 
Personnel Manual (medical records about entrance qualifications or 
fitness for duty, or medical records which are otherwise filed in the 
Official Personnel Folder), shall refer the pertinent system of records 
to a Federal Medical Officer for review and determination in accordance 
with this section. If no Federal Medical Officer is available to make 
the determination

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required by this section, the system manager shall refer the request and 
the medical reports concerned to the Office of Personnel Management for 
determination.
    (b) If, in the opinion of a Federal Medical Officer, medical records 
requested by the subject individual indicate a condition about which a 
prudent physician would hesitate to inform a person suffering from such 
a condition of its exact nature and probable outcome, the system manager 
shall not release the medical information to the subject individual nor 
to any person other than a physician designated in writing by the 
subject individual, or the guardian or conservator of the individual.
    (c) If, in the opinion of a Federal Medical Officer, the medical 
information does not indicate the presence of any condition which would 
cause a prudent physician to hesitate to inform a person suffering from 
such a condition of its exact nature and probable outcome, the system 
manager shall release it to the subject individual or to any person, 
firm, or organization which the individual authorizes in writing to 
receive it.