[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR297.205]

[Page 115]
 
                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
                CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
 
PART 297_PRIVACY PROCEDURES FOR PERSONNEL RECORDS--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart B_Request for Access
 
Sec. 297.205  Access to medical records.

    When a request for access involves medical or psychological records 
that the system manager believes requires special handling, the 
requester should be advised that the material will be provided only to a 
physician designated by the data subject. Upon receipt of the 
designation and upon verification of the physician's identity, the 
records will be made available to the physician, who will have full 
authority to disclose those records to the data subject when 
appropriate.