42 CFR 50.206 - Sterilization of a mentally incompetent individual or of an institutionalized individual.

Regulations last checked for updates: May 03, 2025

Title 42 - Public Health last revised: Apr 15, 2025

View all text of Subpart B [§ 50.201 - § 50.210]

§ 50.206 - Sterilization of a mentally incompetent individual or of an institutionalized individual.

Programs or projects to which this subpart applies shall not perform or arrange for the performance of a sterilization of any mentally incompetent individual or institutionalized individual.

authority: Sec. 215, Public Health Service Act, 58 Stat. 690 (42 U.S.C. 216); Sec. 1006, Public Health Service Act, 84 Stat. 1507 (42 U.S.C. 300a-4), unless otherwise noted

source: 43 FR 52165, Nov. 8, 1978, unless otherwise noted.

cite as: 42 CFR 50.206