---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 C.F.R. § 700.283"
title: "25"
number: "700.283"
heading: "Requests for access to records: Special situations."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/25/700.283"
---

# §700.283. Requests for access to records: Special situations.

- (a) **Medical records.**
  - (1) Medical records shall be disclosed to the individual to whom they pertain unless it is determined, in consultation with a medical doctor, that disclosure should be made to a medical doctor of the individual's choosing.
  - (2) If it is determined that disclosure of medical records directly to the individual to whom they pertain could have an adverse effect on that individual, the individual may designate a medical doctor to receive the records and the records will be disclosed to that doctor.
- (b) **Inspection in presence of third party.**
  - (1) An individual wishing to inspect records pertaining to him which have been opened for his inspection may, during the inspection, be accompanied by a person of his own choosing.
  - (2) When such a procedure is deemed appropriate, the individual to whom the records pertain may be required to furnish a written statement authorizing discussion of his record in the accompanying person's presence.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Pub. L. 99-590; Pub. L. 93-531, 88 Stat. 1712 as amended by Pub. L. 96-305, 94 Stat. 929, Pub. L. 100-666, 102 Stat. 3929 (25 U.S.C. 640d).

### Source

Source: 47 FR 2092, Jan. 14, 1982, unless otherwise noted.