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Title 42: Public Health Part 2 - Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records Updated

2 CE Hours
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Course retiring in 41 days . Complete your exam by Dec 31st, 2025.

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About the Course

This course course series covers Title 42: Public Health Part 2 – a federal law dealing with the statutory authority for confidentiality of substance abuse patient records.

This course is based on the reading online article, Title 42: Public Health Part 2 – Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records Updated created by Office of the Federal Register (OFR) and the Government Publishing Office. in 2018.

Publication Details

Publication Date: 2018, Updated 2024

Course Material Author

Office of the Federal Register (OFR) and the Government Publishing Office.

Office of the Federal Register (OFR) and the Government Publishing Office. authored the material only, and was not involved in creating this CE course. They are identified here for your own evaluation of the relevancy of the material this course is based on.

Course Creator

Keith Gibson, Ph.D.

Dr. Gibson is a Clinical Psychologist with over 30 years in research, clinical and consulting practice. He has also held leadership roles in research administration and program evaluation and more recently has specialized in program evaluation and system analysis. He draws upon his years of expertise as a practicing psychologist, administrator, researcher and technologist to help universities evaluate their programs to implement, meet, and maintain CACREP standards.

Sandi Cardaman

Sandi Cardaman has been a Licensed Mental Health Counselor for more than 15 years. She has worked with eating disorders, domestic violence and clients who are working with the dependency system.

Target Audience

This course is recommended for health care professionals, especially addiction counselors, psychologists, mental health counselors, social workers, and nurses who seek knowledge about substance abuse confidentiality regulations (CFR Part 2). It is appropriate for intermediate to advanced levels of participants’ knowledge. This content is at an intermediate level.

Learning Objectives

After taking this course, you should be able to:

  1. 1 Identify the important general provisions of Title 42 regarding the confidentiality of substance use disorder patient records.
  2. 2 Identify and apply Title 42 requirements regardng disclosures, both with, and without patient consent.
  3. 3 Specify the legal effect and limitations regarding court orders authorizing records disclosures and use.

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The following relevant financial relationships have been disclosed by this activity's planners, faculty, and the reviewer:

Planners and Reviewers

The planners of this activity have reported that they have no relevant financial relationships.

Material Authors

Any relevant financial disclosures for course material authors can be found in the article.

Course Creators

Keith Gibson, Ph.D. – There are no known relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Sandi Cardaman – None to report.

Commercial support

There is no commercial support for this distance-learning course.

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Course Details

2 CE Hours
Reading Online
Course 103481

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Availability

This course is available until Dec 31st, 2025.

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