[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 45, Volume 4]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 45CFR1321.51]

[Page 264-265]
 
                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE
 
CHAPTER XIII--OFFICE OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH 
                           AND HUMAN SERVICES
 
PART 1321--GRANTS TO STATE AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS ON AGING--Table of Contents
 
                Subpart B--State Agency Responsibilities
 
Sec. 1321.51  Confidentiality and disclosure of information.

    (a) A State agency shall have procedures to protect the 
confidentiality of information about older persons collected in the 
conduct of its responsibilities. The procedures shall ensure that no 
information about an order person, or obtained from an older person by a 
service provider or the State or area

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agencies, is disclosed by the provider or agency in a form that 
identifies the person without the informed consent of the person or of 
his or her legal representative, unless the disclosure is required by 
court order, or for program monitoring by authorized Federal, State, or 
local monitoring agencies.
    (b) A State agency is not required to disclose those types of 
information or documents that are exempt from disclosure by a Federal 
agency under the Federal Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. 552.
    (c) A State or area agency on aging may not require a provider of 
legal assistance under this part to reveal any information that is 
protected by attorney client privilege.