[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 8, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2010]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 8CFR103.23]

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                     TITLE 8--ALIENS AND NATIONALITY
 
               CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
 
PART 103_POWERS AND DUTIES; AVAILABILITY OF RECORDS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 103.23  Special access procedures.

    (a) Records of other agencies. When information sought from a system 
of records of the Service includes information from other agencies or 
components of the Department of Justice that has been classified under 
Executive Order 12356, the request and the requested documents shall be 
referred to the appropriate agency or other component for classification 
review and processing. Only with the consent of the responsible agency 
or component, may the requester be informed of the referral as specified 
in section 3.4(f) of E.O. 12356.
    (b) Medical records. When an individual requests medical records 
concerning himself, which are not otherwise exempt from disclosure, the 
responsible official as specified in Sec. 103.10(a) of this part shall, 
if deemed necessary, advise the individual that records will be provided 
only to a physician designated in writing by the individual. Upon 
receipt of the designation, the responsible official as specified in 
Sec. 103.10(a) of this part will permit the physician to review the 
records or to receive copies of the records by mail, upon proper 
verification of identity. The determination of which records should be 
made available directly to the individual and which records should not 
be disclosed because of possible harm to the individual shall be made by 
the physician.

[40 FR 44481, Sept. 26, 1975, as amended at 48 FR 49653, Oct. 27, 1983; 
58 FR 31149, 31150, June, 1, 1993]

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