[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 42, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 42CFR2.17]



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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 B_General Provisions

 

Sec. 2.17  Undercover agents and informants.



    (a) Restrictions on placement. Except as specifically authorized by 

a court order granted under Sec. 2.67 of these regulations, no program 

may knowingly employ, or enroll as a patient, any undercover agent or 

informant.

    (b) Restriction on use of information. No information obtained by an 

undercover agent or informant, whether or not that undercover agent or 

informant is placed in a program pursuant to an authorizing court order, 

may be used to criminally investigate or prosecute any patient.



[52 FR 21809, June 9, 1987; 52 FR 42061, Nov. 2, 1987]