[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 42, Volume 1, Parts 1 to 399]
[Revised as of October 1, 2000]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 42CFR2.62]

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                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH
 
                    CHAPTER I--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE,
                        DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
                             HUMAN SERVICES
 
PART 2--CONFIDENTIALITY OF ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE PATIENT RECORDS--Table of Contents
 
         Subpart E--Court Orders Authorizing Disclosure and Use
 
Sec. 2.62  Order not applicable to records disclosed without consent to researchers, auditors and evaluators.

    A court order under these regulations may not authorize qualified 
personnel, who have received patient identifying information without 
consent for the purpose of conducting research, audit or evaluation, to 
disclose that information or use it to conduct any criminal 
investigation or prosecution of a patient. However, a court order under 
Sec. 2.66 may authorize disclosure and use of records to investigate or 
prosecute qualified personnel holding the records.