[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 45, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

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

[CITE: 45CFR5.61]



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                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE

 

                    SUBTITLE A--DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

                           AND HUMAN SERVICES

 

PART 5_FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REGULATIONS--Table of Contents

 

             Subpart F_Reasons for Withholding Some Records

 

Sec.  5.61  General.





    Section 552(b) of the Freedom of Information Act contains nine 

exemptions to the mandatory disclosure of records. We describe these 

exemptions below and explain how this Department applies them to 

disclosure determinations. (In some cases more than one exemption may 

apply to the same document.) Information obtained by the Department from 

any individual or organization, furnished in reliance on a provision for 

confidentiality authorized by applicable statute or regulation, will not 

be disclosed, to the extent it can be withheld under one of these 

exemptions. This section does not itself authorize the giving of any 

pledge of confidentiality by any officer or employee of the Department.