42 CFR § 2.1 - Statutory authority for confidentiality of substance use disorder patient records.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t42/s2.1"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "42 CFR § 2.1 - Statutory authority for confidentiality of substance use disorder patient records."
title_number: 42
title_name: "Public Health"
section_number: "2.1"
section_name: "Statutory authority for confidentiality of substance use disorder patient records."
chapter_name: "PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL PROVISIONS"
part_number: "2"
part_name: "CONFIDENTIALITY OF SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER PATIENT RECORDS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "42 U.S.C. 290dd-2; 42 U.S.C. 290dd-2 note."
regulatory_source: "82 FR 6115, Jan. 18, 2017, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "2"
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# 2.1 Statutory authority for confidentiality of substance use disorder patient records.
Title 42, United States Code, section 290dd-2(g) authorizes the Secretary to prescribe regulations to carry out the purposes of section 290dd-2. Such regulations may contain such definitions, and may provide for such safeguards and procedures, including procedures and criteria for the issuance and scope of orders under subsection 290dd-2(b)(2)(C), as in the judgment of the Secretary are necessary or proper to effectuate the purposes of section 290dd-2, to prevent circumvention or evasion thereof, or to facilitate compliance therewith.
[89 FR 12617, Feb. 16, 2024]