---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 C.F.R. § 1.482"
title: "38"
number: "1.482"
heading: "Disclosure of medical records to recover or collect reasonable charges."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/38/1.482"
---

# §1.482. Disclosure of medical records to recover or collect reasonable charges.


VA may disclose records described in [38 U.S.C. 7332(a)](/usc/38/7332.md?p=a) to a third party in order to recover or collect reasonable charges for care furnished to, or paid on behalf of, a patient in connection with a non-service connected disability as permitted by [38 U.S.C. 1729](/usc/38/1729.md), or for a condition for which recovery is authorized, or with respect to which the United States is deemed to be a third-party beneficiary under the Federal Medical Care Recovery Act (Public Law 87-693, [42 U.S.C. 2651](/usc/42/2651.md) et seq.).


## 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]