---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 50.206"
title: "42"
number: "50.206"
heading: "Sterilization of a mentally incompetent individual or of an institutionalized individual."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/50.206"
---

# §50.206. Sterilization of a mentally incompetent individual or of an institutionalized individual.


Programs or projects to which this subpart applies shall not perform or arrange for the performance of a sterilization of any mentally incompetent individual or institutionalized individual.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 215, Public Health Service Act, 58 Stat. 690 (42 U.S.C. 216); Sec. 1006, Public Health Service Act, 84 Stat. 1507 (42 U.S.C. 300a-4), unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 43 FR 52165, Nov. 8, 1978, unless otherwise noted.