[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 42, Volume 3, Parts 430 to end]
[Revised as of October 1, 2000]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 42CFR480.106]

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                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH
 
                         CHAPTER IV--HEALTH CARE
                        FINANCING ADMINISTRATION,
                        DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
                       HUMAN SERVICES--(Continued)
 
PART 480--ACQUISITION, PROTECTION, AND DISCLOSURE OF PEER REVIEW INFORMATION--Table of Contents
 
  Subpart B--Utilization and Quality Control Peer Review Organizations 
                                 (PROs)
 
Sec. 480.106  Exceptions to PRO notice requirements.

    (a) Imminent danger to individuals or public health. When the PRO 
determines that requested information is necessary to protect against an 
imminent danger to individuals or the public health, the notification 
required in Sec. 476.105 may be sent simultaneously with the disclosure.
    (b) Fraud or Abuse. The notification requirement in Sec. 476.105 
does not apply if--
    (1) The disclosure is made in an investigation of fraud or abuse by 
the Office of the Inspector General or the General Accounting Office; or
    (2) The disclosure is made in an investigation of fraud or abuse by 
any other Federal or State fraud or abuse agency and the investigative 
agency specifies in writing that the information is related to a 
potentially prosecutable criminal offense.