{"data":{"id":"us/42-cfr-2.51","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"42 CFR 2.51","heading":"Medical emergencies.","body":"(a) General rule. Under the procedures required by paragraph (c) of this section, patient identifying information may be disclosed to medical personnel to the extent necessary to:\n(1) Meet a bona fide medical emergency in which the patient's prior written consent cannot be obtained; or\n(2) Meet a bona fide medical emergency in which a part 2 program is closed and unable to provide services or obtain the prior written consent of the patient, during a temporary state of emergency declared by a state or federal authority as the result of a natural or major disaster, until such time that the part 2 program resumes operations.\n(b) Special rule. Patient identifying information may be disclosed to medical personnel of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) who assert a reason to believe that the health of any individual may be threatened by an error in the manufacture, labeling, or sale of a product under FDA jurisdiction, and that the information will be used for the exclusive purpose of notifying patients or their physicians of potential dangers.\n(c) Procedures. Immediately following disclosure, the part 2 program shall document, in writing, the disclosure in the patient's records, including:\n(1) The name of the medical personnel to whom disclosure was made and their affiliation with any health care facility;\n(2) The name of the person making the disclosure;\n(3) The date and time of the disclosure; and\n(4) The nature of the emergency (or error, if the report was to FDA).","path":["Title 42—Public Health","CHAPTER I—PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","SUBCHAPTER A—GENERAL PROVISIONS","PART 2—CONFIDENTIALITY OF SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER PATIENT RECORDS","Subpart D—Uses and Disclosures Without Patient Consent"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-42.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:11Z","sha256":"ac8115a7a6ba7180b8eb4765cb1ab6c75ecddbee2b9bbe5060fda0d86fc7afcb","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/42-cfr-2.36","next":"us/42-cfr-2.52"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}