---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 493.1231"
title: "42"
number: "493.1231"
heading: "Standard: Confidentiality of patient information."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/493.1231"
---

# §493.1231. Standard: Confidentiality of patient information.


The laboratory must ensure confidentiality of patient information throughout all phases of the total testing process that are under the laboratory's control.


## Notes

### Source

Source: 68 FR 3703, Jan. 24, 2003, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 263a, 1302, 1395x(e), 1395x(s)(3) and (s)(17).

### Source

Source: 55 FR 9576, Mar. 14, 1990, unless otherwise noted.