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42 CFR 2.54: Disclosures for public health.

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Where this section sits in the code
  1. Title 42—Public Health
  2. CHAPTER I—PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
  3. SUBCHAPTER A—GENERAL PROVISIONS
  4. PART 2—CONFIDENTIALITY OF SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER PATIENT RECORDS
  5. Subpart D—Uses and Disclosures Without Patient Consent

A part 2 program may disclose records for public health purposes without patient consent so long as:

(a) The disclosure is made to a public health authority as defined in this part; and

(b) The content of the information from the record disclosed has been de-identified in accordance with the requirements of 45 CFR 164.514(b) such that there is no reasonable basis to believe that the information can be used to identify a patient.

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