This federal regulation prohibits anyone from requiring patients to carry identification cards or objects off-premises that would identify them as having a substance use disorder. Operators of Part 2 programs (federally regulated substance use disorder treatment programs) may still require patients to use or carry such identification while on their premises. This is a patient privacy protection applicable to all Part 2-covered programs.
View official source§ 2.18 Restrictions on the use of identification cards. No person may require any patient to carry in their immediate possession while away from the part 2 program premises any card or other object which would identify the patient as having a substance use disorder. This section does not prohibit a person from requiring patients to use or carry cards or other identification objects on the premises of a part 2 program.