[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 42, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

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

[CITE: 42CFR50.209]



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                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH

 

    CHAPTER I--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 

                                SERVICES

 

PART 50_POLICIES OF GENERAL APPLICABILITY--Table of Contents

 

Subpart B_Sterilization of Persons in Federally Assisted Family Planning 

                                Projects

 

Sec.  50.209  Use of Federal financial assistance.



    (a) Federal financial assistance adminstered by the Public Health 

Service may not be used for expenditures for sterilization procedures 

unless the consent form appended to this section or another form 

approved by the Secretary is used.

    (b) A program or project shall not use Federal financial assistance 

for any sterilization or hysterectomy without first receiving 

documentation showing that the requirements of this subpart have been 

met. Documentation includes consent forms, and as applicable, either 

acknowledgments of receipt of hysterectomy information or certification 

of an exception for hysterectomies.



[43 FR 52165, Nov. 8, 1978, as amended at 47 FR 33701, Aug. 4, 1982]