[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: 42CFR2.20]



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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. 2.20  Relationship to State laws.



    The statutes authorizing these regulations (42 U.S.C. 290ee-3 and 42 

U.S.C. 290dd-3) do not preempt the field of law which they cover to the 

exclusion of all State laws in that field. If a disclosure permitted 

under these regulations is prohibited under State law, neither these 

regulations nor the authorizing statutes may be construed to authorize 

any violation of that State law. However, no State law may either 

authorize or compel any disclosure prohibited by these regulations.