Standards for Privacy of
Individually Identifiable Health Information

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PART 160 – GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS

• Subpart A – General Provisions
• 160.101 Statutory basis and purpose.
• 160.102 Applicability.
• 160.103 Definitions.
• 160.104 Modifications.

• Subpart B – Preemption of State Law
• 160.201 Applicability.
• 160.202 Definitions.
• 160.203 General rule and exceptions.
• 160.204 Process for requesting exception determinations.
• 160.205 Duration of effectiveness of exception determinations.

• Subpart C – Compliance and Enforcement

  • 160.300 Applicability.
    

  • 160.302 Definitions.
    
  • 160.304 Principles for achieving compliance.
    
  • 160.306 Complaints to the Secretary.
    
  • 160.308 Compliance reviews.
    
  • 160.310 Responsibilities of covered entities.
    
  • 160.312 Secretarial action regarding complaints and compliance reviews.

PART 164 – SECURITY AND PRIVACY

• Subpart A – General Provisions
• 164.102 Statutory basis.
  
• 164.104 Applicability.
  
• 164.106 Relationship to other parts.

• Subparts B-D – [Reserved]
• Subpart E – Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information
• 164.500 Applicability.
  
• 164.501 Definitions.
  
• 164.502 Uses and disclosures of protected health information: general rules.
  
• 164.504 Uses and disclosures: organizational requirements.
  
• 164.506 Consent for uses or disclosures to carryout treatment, payment, and health care operations
  
• 164.508 Uses and disclosures for which an authorizationis required.
  
• 164.510 Uses and disclosures requiring an opportunity for the individual to agree or to object.
  
• 164.512 Uses and disclosures for which consent, an authorization, or opportunity to agree or object is not required.
  
• 164.514 Other requirements relating to uses and disclosures of protected health information.
  
• 164.520 Notice of privacy practices for protected health information.
  
• 164.522 Rights to request privacy protection for protected health information.
  
• 164.524 Access of individuals to protected health information.
  
• 164.526 Amendment of protected health information.
  
• 164.528 Accounting of disclosures of protected health information.
  
• 164.530 Administrative requirements.
  
• 164.532 Transition requirements.
  
• 164.534 Compliance dates for initial implementation of the privacy standards.

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