[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 42, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 42CFR2.52]

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                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH
 
    CHAPTER I--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                                SERVICES
 
PART 2_CONFIDENTIALITY OF ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE PATIENT RECORDS
--Table of Contents
 
              Subpart D_Disclosures Without Patient Consent
 
Sec. 2.52  Research activities.

    (a) Patient identifying information may be disclosed for the purpose 
of conducting scientific research if the program director makes a 
determination that the recipient of the patient identifying information:
    (1) Is qualified to conduct the research;
    (2) Has a research protocol under which the patient identifying 
information:
    (i) Will be maintained in accordance with the security requirements 
of Sec. 2.16 of these regulations (or more stringent requirements); and
    (ii) Will not be redisclosed except as permitted under paragraph (b) 
of this section; and
    (3) Has provided a satisfactory written statement that a group of 
three or more individuals who are independent of the research project 
has reviewed the protocol and determined that:
    (i) The rights and welfare of patients will be adequately protected; 
and
    (ii) The risks in disclosing patient identifying information are 
outweighed by the potential benefits of the research.
    (b) A person conducting research may disclose patient identifying 
information obtained under paragraph (a) of this section only back to 
the program from which that information was obtained and may not 
identify any individual patient in any report of that research or 
otherwise disclose patient identities.

[52 FR 21809, June 9, 1987, as amended at 52 FR 41997, Nov. 2, 1987]