[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: 45CFR5b.10]



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                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE

 

                    SUBTITLE A--DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

                           AND HUMAN SERVICES

 

PART 5b_PRIVACY ACT REGULATIONS--Table of Contents

 

Sec.  5b.10  Parents and guardians.



    For the purpose of this part, a parent or guardian of any minor or 

the legal guardian or any individual who has been declared incompetent 

due to physical or mental incapacity or age by a court of competent 

jurisdiction is authorized to act on behalf of an individual or a 

subject individual. Except as provided in paragraph (b)(2) of Sec.  

5b.5, of this part governing procedures for verifying an individual's 

identity, and paragraph (c) (2) of Sec.  5b.6 of this part governing 

special procedures for notification of or access to a minor's medical 

records, an individual authorized to act on behalf of a minor or legal 

incompetent will be viewed as if he were the individual or subject 

individual.