---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 411.91"
title: "45"
number: "411.91"
heading: "Medical and mental health assessments; history of sexual abuse."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/411.91"
---

# §411.91. Medical and mental health assessments; history of sexual abuse.

- (a) If the assessment pursuant to [§ 411.41](/cfr/45/411.41.md) indicates that a UC experienced prior sexual victimization or perpetrated sexual abuse, the care provider facility must ensure that the UC is immediately referred to a qualified medical or mental health practitioner for medical and/or mental health follow-up as appropriate. Care provider facility staff must also ensure that all UCs disclosures are reported in accordance with these standards.
- (b) When a referral for medical follow-up is initiated, the care provider facility must ensure that the UC receives a health evaluation no later than seventy-two (72) hours after the referral.
- (c) When a referral for mental health follow-up is initiated, the care provider facility must ensure that the UC receives a mental health evaluation no later than seventy-two (72) hours after the referral.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 15607 (d).

### Source

Source: 79 FR 77789, Dec. 24, 2014, unless otherwise noted.