[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: 42CFR480.135]

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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. 480.135  Disclosure necessary to perform review responsibilities.

    (a) Disclosure to conduct review. The PRO must disclose or arrange 
for disclosure of information to individuals and institutions within the 
PRO review system as necessary to fulfill their particular duties and 
functions under Title XI Part B of the Act.
    (b) Disclosure to consultants and subcontractors. The PRO must 
disclose to consultants or subcontractors the information they need to 
provide specified services to the PRO.
    (c) Disclosure to other PRO and medical review boards. The PRO must 
disclose--
    (1) To another PRO, information on patients and practitioners who 
are subject to review by the other PRO; and
    (2) To medical review boards established under section 1881 of the 
Act, confidential information on patients, practitioners and 
institutions receiving or furnishing end stage renal disease services.