{"data":{"id":"us/42-cfr-2.54","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"42 CFR 2.54","heading":"Disclosures for public health.","body":"A part 2 program may disclose records for public health purposes without patient consent so long as:\n(a) The disclosure is made to a public health authority as defined in this part; and\n(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.","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":"4e054b3c0394b61201a2ab20decd56a9979ecc1d7efd089cbaa51610c2fd3bc4","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/42-cfr-2.53","next":"us/42-cfr-2.61"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}