TITLE 32 - NATIONAL DEFENSE

SUBTITLE A - DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

CHAPTER VII - DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE

SUBCHAPTER A - ADMINISTRATION

PART 806B - PRIVACY ACT PROGRAM

subpart d - GIVING ACCESS TO PRIVACY ACT RECORDS

806b.17 - Special provision for certain medical records.

If a physician believes that disclosing requested medical records could harm the person's mental or physical health, you should: (a) Ask the requester to get a letter from a physician to whom you can send the records. Include a letter explaining to the physician that giving the records directly to the individual could be harmful.

  (b) Offer the services of a military physician other than one who provided treatment if naming the physician poses a hardship on the individual.

  (c) The Privacy Act requires that we ultimately insure that the subject receives the records.