---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 1638.2"
title: "45"
number: "1638.2"
heading: "Definitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/1638.2"
---

# §1638.2. Definitions.

- (a) **Communicate—** or communication means to share information. Permissible forms of communication include, but are not limited to, sending information via mailings, text message, email, or other methods of voice or electronic communication.
- (b) In-person means a face-to-face encounter, including virtual clinics or other encounters via videoconference.
- (c) Unsolicited advice means advice to obtain counsel or take legal action given by a recipient or its employee to an individual who did not seek the advice and with whom the recipient does not have an attorney-client relationship.

## Notes

### Amendments

[89 FR 25816, Apr. 12, 2024]

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2996g(e).

### Source

Source: 62 FR 19424, Apr. 21, 1997, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[89 FR 25816, Apr. 12, 2024]