---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 C.F.R. § 1.481"
title: "38"
number: "1.481"
heading: "Disclosure of medical records of veterans who receive non-VA health care."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/38/1.481"
---

# §1.481. Disclosure of medical records of veterans who receive non-VA health care.

- (a) VA may disclose records referred to in [38 U.S.C. 7332(a)](/usc/38/7332.md?p=a) to a non-VA entity (including private entities and other Federal agencies) for purposes of providing health care to patients or performing other health care-related activities or functions.
- (b) An entity to which a record is disclosed under this section may not disclose or use such record for a purpose other than that for which the disclosure was made or as permitted by law.

## Notes

### Amendments

[85 FR 64043, Oct. 9, 2020]

### Authority

Authority: 38 U.S.C. 501, and as noted in specific sections.

### Source

Source: 40 FR 33944, Aug. 12, 1975, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[85 FR 64043, Oct. 9, 2020]