---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 2.17"
title: "42"
number: "2.17"
heading: "Undercover agents and informants."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/2.17"
---

# §2.17. Undercover agents and informants.

- (a) **Restrictions on placement.** Except as specifically authorized by a court order granted under [§ 2.67](/cfr/42/2.67.md), no [part 2](/cfr/42/part2.md) program may knowingly employ, or enroll as a patient, any undercover agent or informant.
- (b) **Restriction on use and disclosure of information.** No information obtained by an undercover agent or informant, whether or not that undercover agent or informant is placed in a [part 2](/cfr/42/part2.md) program pursuant to an authorizing court order, may be used or disclosed to criminally investigate or prosecute any patient.

## Notes

### Amendments

[82 FR 6115, Jan. 18, 2017, as amended at 89 FR 12622, Feb. 16, 2024]

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 290dd-2; 42 U.S.C. 290dd-2 note.

### Source

Source: 82 FR 6115, Jan. 18, 2017, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[82 FR 6115, Jan. 18, 2017, as amended at 89 FR 12622, Feb. 16, 2024]