Informant.
Informant. The term informant means an individual who is a patient or employee or who becomes a patient or employee at the request of a law enforcement agency or official and who at the request of a law enforcement agency or official observes one or more patients or employees for the purpose of reporting the information obtained to the law enforcement agency or official.
Source
38 CFR § 1.460
Scoping language
For purposes of 1.460 through 1.499 of this part, the following definitions apply: