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Part 2 — Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records

38 sections · Title 42: Public Health

§ 2.1Statutory authority for confidentiality of substance use disorder patient records.
§ 2.2Purpose and effect.
§ 2.3Civil and criminal penalties for violations.
§ 2.4Complaints of noncompliance.
§ 2.11Definitions.
§ 2.12Applicability.
§ 2.13Confidentiality restrictions and safeguards.
§ 2.14Minor patients.
§ 2.15Patients who lack capacity and deceased patients.
§ 2.16Security for records and notification of breaches.
§ 2.17Undercover agents and informants.
§ 2.18Restrictions on the use of identification cards.
§ 2.19Disposition of records by discontinued programs.
§ 2.20Relationship to state laws.
§ 2.21Relationship to federal statutes protecting research subjects against compulsory disclosure of their identity.
§ 2.22Notice to patients of Federal confidentiality requirements.
§ 2.23Patient access and restrictions on use and disclosure.
§ 2.24Requirements for intermediaries.
§ 2.25Accounting of disclosures.
§ 2.26Right to request privacy protection for records.
§ 2.31Consent requirements.
§ 2.32Notice and copy of consent to accompany disclosure.
§ 2.33Uses and disclosures permitted with written consent.
§ 2.34Uses and Disclosures to prevent multiple enrollments.
§ 2.35Disclosures to elements of the criminal justice system which have referred patients.
§ 2.36Disclosures to prescription drug monitoring programs.
§ 2.51Medical emergencies.
§ 2.52Scientific research.
§ 2.53Management audits, financial audits, and program evaluation.
§ 2.54Disclosures for public health.
§ 2.61Legal effect of order.
§ 2.62Order not applicable to records disclosed without consent to researchers, auditors, and evaluators.
§ 2.63Confidential communications.
§ 2.64Procedures and criteria for orders authorizing uses and disclosures for noncriminal purposes.
§ 2.65Procedures and criteria for orders authorizing use and disclosure of records to criminally investigate or prosecute patients.
§ 2.66Procedures and criteria for orders authorizing use and disclosure of records to investigate or prosecute a part 2 program or the person holding the records.
§ 2.67Orders authorizing the use of undercover agents and informants to investigate employees or agents of a part 2 program in connection with a criminal matter.
§ 2.68Report to the Secretary.