[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 41, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 41CFR105-64.301-2]

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           TITLE 41--PUBLIC CONTRACTS AND PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
 
              CHAPTER 105--GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
 
PART 105-64_REGULATIONS IMPLEMENTING THE PRIVACY ACT OF 1974
--Table of Contents
 
              Subpart 105-64.3_Individual Access to Records
 
Sec. 105-64.301-2  Special requirements for medical records.

    (a) A manager who receives a request for access to official medical 
records belonging to the Office of Personnel Management and described in 
Chapter 339, Federal Personnel Manual (records about entrance 
qualification, fitness for duty, or records filed in the official 
personnel folder), should refer the matter to a Federal medical officer 
for a decision under this section. If no medical officer is available, 
the manager should send the request and the medical reports to the 
Office of Personnel Management for a decision.
    (b) If the Federal medical officer believes the medical records 
requested by the subject individual discuss a condition that a physician 
would hesitate to reveal to the person, the manager may release the 
information only to a physician designated in writing by the subject 
individual, his or her guardian, or conservator. If the records contain 
information the physician would likely disclose to the person, the 
information may be released to anyone the person authorizes in writing 
to receive it.

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