# Regulation for the Enforcement of Federal Health Care Provider Conscience Protection Laws
> **US Department of Health and Human Services** · Final rule. · Published 2011-02-23 · Effective 2011-03-25 · 76 FR 9968
## Document
- **Document number:** 2011-3993
- **Category:** other
- **Sub-agency:** US Department of Health and Human Services
- **Federal Register citation:** 76 FR 9968
- **CFR reference:** 45 CFR 88
- **Publication date:** 2011-02-23
- **Effective date:** 2011-03-25
## Abstract

The Department of Health and Human Services issues this final rule which provides that enforcement of the federal statutory health care provider conscience protections will be handled by the Department's Office for Civil Rights, in conjunction with the Department's funding components. This Final Rule rescinds, in part, and revises, the December 19, 2008 Final Rule entitled "Ensuring That Department of Health and Human Services Funds Do Not Support Coercive or Discriminatory Policies or Practices in Violation of Federal Law" (the "2008 Final Rule"). Neither the 2008 final rule, nor this final rule, alters the statutory protections for individuals and health care entities under the federal health care provider conscience protection statutes, including the Church Amendments, Section 245 of the Public Health Service Act, and the Weldon Amendment. These federal statutory health care provider conscience protections remain in effect.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2011/02/23/2011-3993/regulation-for-the-enforcement-of-federal-health-care-provider-conscience-protection-laws)
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