Release of Information From Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Records Relating to Drug Abuse, Alcoholism or Alcohol Abuse, Infection With the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), or Sickle Cell Anemia

1.460Definitions.1.461Applicability.1.462Confidentiality restrictions.1.463Criminal penalty for violations.1.464Minor patients.1.465Incompetent and deceased patients.1.466Security for records.1.467Restrictions on the use of identification cards and public signs.1.468Relationship to Federal statutes protecting research subjects against compulsory disclosure of their identity.1.469Patient access and restrictions on use.1.470-1.474[Reserved]