---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 C.F.R. § 505.10"
title: "22"
number: "505.10"
heading: "Disclosure to third parties."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/22/505.10"
---

# §505.10. Disclosure to third parties.


We will not disclose any information about you to any person or another agency without your prior consent, except as provided for in the following paragraphs:

- (a) **Medical records.** May be disclosed to a doctor or other medical practitioner, named by you, as prescribed in [Sec. 505.6](/cfr/22/505.6.md).
- (b) **Accompanying individual.** When you are accompanied by any other person, we will require that you sign a statement granting consent to the disclosure of the contents of your record to that person.
- (c) **Designees.** If a person requests another person's file, he or she must present a signed statement from the person of record that authorizes and consents to the release of the file to the designated individual.
- (d) **Guardians.** Parents or legal guardians) of dependent minors or of an individual who has been declared by a court to be incompetent due to physical, mental or age incapacity, may act for and on behalf of the individual on whom the Agency maintains records.
- (e) **Other disclosures.** A record may be disclosed without a request by or written consent of the individual to whom the record pertains if such disclosure conditions are authorized in accordance, with [5 U.S.C. 552a(b)](/usc/5/552a.md?p=b). These conditions are:
  - (1) **Disclosure within the Agency.** This condition is based upon a “need-to-know” concept, which recognizes that Agency personnel may require access to discharge their duties.
  - (2) **Disclosure to the public.** No consent by an individual is necessary if the record is required to be released under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), [5 U.S.C. 552](/usc/5/552.md). The record may be exempt, however, under one of the nine exemptions of the FOIA.
  - (3) **Disclosure for a routine use.** No consent by an individual is necessary if the condition is necessary for a “routine use” as defined in [Sec. 505.2(g)](/cfr/22/505.2.md?p=g). Information may also be released to other government agencies, that have statutory or other lawful authority to maintain such information.
  - (4) **Disclosure to the Bureau of the Census.** For purposes of planning or carrying out a census or survey or related activity. [Title 13](/cfr/13.md) U.S.C. [Section 8](/cfr/22/8.md) limits the uses of these records and also makes them immune from compulsory disclosure.
  - (5) **Disclosure for statistical research and reporting.** The Agency will provide the statistical information requested only after all names and personal identifiers have been deleted from the records.
  - (6) **Disclosure to the National Archives.** For the preservation of records of historical value, according to [44 U.S.C. 2103](/usc/44/2103.md).
  - (7) **Disclosure for law enforcement purposes.** Upon receipt of a written request by another Federal agency or a state or local government describing the law enforcement purpose for which a record is required, and specifying the particular record. Blanket requests for all records pertaining to an individual are not permitted under the Privacy Act.
  - (8) **Disclosure under emergency circumstances.** For the safety or health of an individual (e.g., medical records on a patient undergoing emergency treatment).
  - (9) **Disclosure to the Congress.** For matters within the jurisdiction of any House or Senate committee or subcommittee, and/or joint committee or subcommittee, but only when requested in writing from the Chairman of the committee or subcommittee.
  - (10) **Disclosure to the General Accounting Office (GAO).** For matters within the jurisdiction of the duties of the GAO's Comptroller General.
  - (11) **Disclosure according to court order.** According to the order of a court of competent jurisdiction. This does not include a subpoena for records requested by counsel and issued by a clerk of court.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Pub. L. 93-579, 88 Stat. 1897; 5 U.S.C. 552a.

### Source

Source: 67 FR 8875, Feb. 27, 2002, unless otherwise noted.