---
kind: "unit"
title: "42"
title_heading: "Public Health"
key: "chI/subchA/part2/subpartE"
level: "subpart"
label: "Subpart E"
heading: "Court Orders Authorizing Use and Disclosure"
release: "ecfr-current"
date: "2026-08-27"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/chI-subchA-part2-subpartE"
sections_count: 8
---

# Subpart E — Court Orders Authorizing Use and Disclosure

Title 42 C.F.R. — Public Health › Chapter I — Public Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services › Subchapter A — General Provisions › Part 2 — Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records

## Sections

- [§2.61. Legal effect of order.](/cfr/42/2.61.md)
- [§2.62. Order not applicable to records disclosed without consent to researchers, auditors, and evaluators.](/cfr/42/2.62.md)
- [§2.63. Confidential communications.](/cfr/42/2.63.md)
- [§2.64. Procedures and criteria for orders authorizing uses and disclosures for noncriminal purposes.](/cfr/42/2.64.md)
- [§2.65. Procedures and criteria for orders authorizing use and disclosure of records to criminally investigate or prosecute patients.](/cfr/42/2.65.md)
- [§2.66. Procedures and criteria for orders authorizing use and disclosure of records to investigate or prosecute a part 2 program or the person holding the records.](/cfr/42/2.66.md)
- [§2.67. Orders authorizing the use of undercover agents and informants to investigate employees or agents of a part 2 program in connection with a criminal matter.](/cfr/42/2.67.md)
- [§2.68. Report to the Secretary.](/cfr/42/2.68.md)