42 CFR § 2.17 - Undercover agents and informants.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t42/s2.17"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "42 CFR § 2.17 - Undercover agents and informants."
title_number: 42
title_name: "Public Health"
section_number: "2.17"
section_name: "Undercover agents and informants."
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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# 2.17 Undercover agents and informants.
(a) *Restrictions on placement.* Except as specifically authorized by a court order granted under § 2.67, no part 2 program may knowingly employ, or enroll as a patient, any undercover agent or informant.
(b) *Restriction on use and disclosure of information.* No information obtained by an undercover agent or informant, whether or not that undercover agent or informant is placed in a part 2 program pursuant to an authorizing court order, may be used or disclosed to criminally investigate or prosecute any patient.
[82 FR 6115, Jan. 18, 2017, as amended at 89 FR 12622, Feb. 16, 2024]