[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 45, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 45CFR61.14]

[Page 151]
 
                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE
 
                           AND HUMAN SERVICES
 
  Subpart C--Disclosure of Information by the Healthcare Integrity and 
                          Protection Data Bank
 
Sec. 61.14  Confidentiality of Healthcare Integrity and Protection Data 
Bank information.

    Information reported to the HIPDB is considered confidential and 
will not be disclosed outside the Department, except as specified in 
Sec.Sec. 61.12 and 61.15. Persons and entities receiving information 
from the HIPDB, either directly or from another party, must use it 
solely with respect to the purpose for which it was provided. Nothing in 
this section will prevent the disclosure of information by a party from 
its own files used to create such reports where disclosure is otherwise 
authorized under applicable State or Federal law.