[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 8, Volume 1]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

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

[CITE: 8CFR103.23]



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                     TITLE 8--ALIENS AND NATIONALITY

 

               CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

 

PART 103_POWERS AND DUTIES; AVAILABILITY OF RECORDS--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 103.23  Special access procedures.



    (a) Records of other agencies. When information sought from a system 

of records of the Service includes information from other agencies or 

components of the Department of Justice that has been classified under 

Executive Order 12356, the request and the requested documents shall be 

referred to the appropriate agency or other component for classification 

review and processing. Only with the consent of the responsible agency 

or component, may the requester be informed of the referral as specified 

in section 3.4(f) of E.O. 12356.

    (b) Medical records. When an individual requests medical records 

concerning himself, which are not otherwise exempt from disclosure, the 

responsible official as specified in Sec. 103.10(a) of this part shall, 

if deemed necessary, advise the individual that records will be provided 

only to a physician designated in writing by the individual. Upon 

receipt of the designation, the responsible official as specified in 

Sec. 103.10(a) of this part will permit the physician to review the 

records or to receive copies of the records by mail, upon proper 

verification of identity. The determination of which records should be 

made available directly to the individual and which records should not 

be disclosed because of possible harm to the individual shall be made by 

the physician.



[40 FR 44481, Sept. 26, 1975, as amended at 48 FR 49653, Oct. 27, 1983; 

58 FR 31149, 31150, June, 1, 1993]