[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 32, Volume 6]
[Revised as of July 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 32CFR806b.17]

[Page 43]
 
                        TITLE 32-NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
                CHAPTER VII--DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
 
PART 806b_PRIVACY ACT PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
             Subpart D_Giving Access to Privacy Act Records
 
Sec. 806b.17  Special provision for certain medical records.

    If a physician believes that disclosing requested medical records 
could harm the person's mental or physical health, you should:
    (a) Ask the requester to get a letter from a physician to whom you 
can send the records. Include a letter explaining to the physician that 
giving the records directly to the individual could be harmful.
    (b) Offer the services of a military physician other than one who 
provided treatment if naming the physician poses a hardship on the 
individual.
    (c) The Privacy Act requires that we ultimately insure that the 
subject receives the records.