Part 2 — Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records
Current through Oct 8, 2026
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 290dd-2; 42 U.S.C. 290dd-2 note.
Source: 82 FR 6115, Jan. 18, 2017, unless otherwise noted.
Sections
- § 2.1 Statutory authority for confidentiality of substance use disorder patient records.
- § 2.2 Purpose and effect.
- § 2.3 Civil and criminal penalties for violations.
- § 2.4 Complaints of noncompliance.
- § 2.11 Definitions.
- § 2.12 Applicability.
- § 2.13 Confidentiality restrictions and safeguards.
- § 2.14 Minor patients.
- § 2.15 Patients who lack capacity and deceased patients.
- § 2.16 Security for records and notification of breaches.
- § 2.17 Undercover agents and informants.
- § 2.18 Restrictions on the use of identification cards.
- § 2.19 Disposition of records by discontinued programs.
- § 2.20 Relationship to state laws.
- § 2.21 Relationship to federal statutes protecting research subjects against compulsory disclosure of their identity.
- § 2.22 Notice to patients of Federal confidentiality requirements.
- § 2.23 Patient access and restrictions on use and disclosure.
- § 2.24 Requirements for intermediaries.
- § 2.25 Accounting of disclosures.
- § 2.26 Right to request privacy protection for records.
- § 2.31 Consent requirements.
- § 2.32 Notice and copy of consent to accompany disclosure.
- § 2.33 Uses and disclosures permitted with written consent.
- § 2.34 Uses and Disclosures to prevent multiple enrollments.
- § 2.35 Disclosures to elements of the criminal justice system which have referred patients.
- § 2.36 Disclosures to prescription drug monitoring programs.
- § 2.51 Medical emergencies.
- § 2.52 Scientific research.
- § 2.53 Management audits, financial audits, and program evaluation.
- § 2.54 Disclosures for public health.
- § 2.61 Legal effect of order.
- § 2.62 Order not applicable to records disclosed without consent to researchers, auditors, and evaluators.
- § 2.63 Confidential communications.
- § 2.64 Procedures and criteria for orders authorizing uses and disclosures for noncriminal purposes.
- § 2.65 Procedures and criteria for orders authorizing use and disclosure of records to criminally investigate or prosecute patients.
- § 2.66 Procedures and criteria for orders authorizing use and disclosure of records to investigate or prosecute a part 2 program or the person holding the records.
- § 2.67 Orders authorizing the use of undercover agents and informants to investigate employees or agents of a part 2 program in connection with a criminal matter.
- § 2.68 Report to the Secretary.