42 CFR Part 2 and Treatment Privacy
An explainer on what 42 CFR Part 2 covers, when it usually applies, and how Hope Harbor routes requests without pretending to be a Part 2 program.
Effective date: April 20, 2026
What 42 CFR Part 2 is
42 CFR Part 2 is a federal rule that gives special privacy protections to qualifying substance use disorder treatment records held by covered programs and certain lawful holders of those records.
Hope Harbor's role
Hope Harbor is not itself holding out as a Part 2 treatment program on this public site.
Hope Harbor supports licensed treatment providers with admissions operations, growth, and response workflow. That role is different from being the treatment program responsible for the protected treatment record itself.
When Part 2 may apply
- When a qualifying treatment provider or program creates and maintains covered treatment records.
- When a lawful holder receives those records within a regulated relationship and the Part 2 restrictions continue to apply.
What Hope Harbor does on public site forms
- Collect only the business information reasonably needed to understand or route the provider request.
- Avoid asking for detailed treatment-record disclosures through public forms unless there is a specific reason and appropriate handling is in place.
- Direct record-specific or clinical privacy questions to the independent treatment provider actually responsible for the record.
Provider-side intake and record responsibility
If a qualifying provider or program receives information through its own intake, referral, or treatment workflow, that provider's consent process, confidentiality rules, and treatment-record obligations control how Part 2 applies from there.
Contact
- Phone: (910) 294-4591
- Email: hello@hopeharborhealth.com
- If this is a medical or behavioral emergency, call 911 or 988 immediately.