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Complete Overview of Regulations: 42 CFR Part 2
Regulations Do Not Apply: Veteran's Administration

 

a.) Veteran’s Administration

The VA provides for medical services as well as hospital, nursing home, and domiciliary care for veterans who have a service-connected disability.49 The Part 2 regulations do not apply to substance abuse patient information maintained in connection with the VA’s provisions of these services.50 The VA operates under separate rules governing the confidentiality of such information.51

 

Footnotes

  • 49. See generally 38 USC Chapter 17 (§§ 1701 – 1787)
  • 50. 42 CFR § 2.12(c)(1).
  • 51. See 38 USC § 7332 (note that the Part 2 regulations reference 38 USC § 4132 – this section was renumbered as current § 7332 in 1991).