---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 C.F.R. § 43.17"
title: "25"
number: "43.17"
heading: "Release of information for health or safety emergencies."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/25/43.17"
---

# §43.17. Release of information for health or safety emergencies.

- (a) Educational institutions may release information from student records to appropriate persons in an emergency if the information is necessary to protect the health or safety of a student or other person. The factors to be used in determining whether records may be released under this section include the following:
  - (1) **The seriousness of the threat to the health or safety of the student or other persons.**
  - (2) **The need for those records to meet the emergency.**
  - (3) **Whether the persons to whom the records are released are in a position to deal with the emergency.**
  - (4) **The extent to which time is of the essence in dealing with the emergency.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 35 Stat. 72 (25 U.S.C. 295); Pub. L. 93-579, 88 Stat. 1896; Sec. 438, Pub. L. 93-380, as amended; Pub. L. 94-142.

### Source

Source: 43 FR 52024, Nov. 8, 1978, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 47 FR 13327, Mar. 30, 1982.