[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: 42CFR51b.603]



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                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH

 

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

                                SERVICES

 

PART 51b_PROJECT GRANTS FOR PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES--Table of Contents

 

 Subpart F_Grants for Research, Demonstrations, and Public Information 

    and Education for the Prevention and Control of Venereal Disease

 

Sec.  51b.603  What are the confidentiality requirements?



    All information obtained by program personnel in connection with the 

examination, care, and treatment of an individual in this program shall 

be held confidential. It shall not be disclosed without the individual's 

consent except as may be required by the law of a State, or political 

subdivision of a State, or as may be necessary to provide services to 

the individual. Information may be disclosed in summary, statistical, or 

other form, or for clinical or research purposes, but only if the 

disclosure does not identify particular individuals.