[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: 42CFR480.143]

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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. 480.143  PRO involvement in shared health data systems.

    (a) Information collected by a PRO. Except as prohibited in 
paragraph (b) of this section, information collected by a PRO may be 
processed and stored by a cooperative health statistics system 
established under the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 242k) or 
other State or Federally authorized shared data system.
    (b) PRO participation. A PRO may not participate in a cooperative 
health statistics system or other shared health data system if the 
disclosure rules of the system would prevent the PRO from complying with 
the rules of this part.
    (c) Disclosure of PRO information obtained by a shared health data 
system. PRO information must not be disclosed by the shared health data 
system unless--
    (1) The source from which the PRO acquired the information consents 
to or requests disclosure; or
    (2) The PRO requests the disclosure of the information to carry out 
a disclosure permitted under a provision of this part.

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