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HIPAA Security Regulations

UNC Notice of Privacy Practices

     UPDATED 6/19/03

The department of Health and Human Services released the final HIPAA security rules on February 20th, 2003. These standards establish protections for certain electronic health information. The effective date for the regulations is April 21, 2005.

Under the rules, covered entity security efforts must:

• Ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of all electronic protected health information the covered entity creates, receives, maintains, or transmits.
• Protect against any reasonably anticipated threats or hazards to the security or integrity of such information.
• Protect against any reasonably anticipated uses or disclosures of such information that are not permitted or required.
• Ensure workforce compliance

Federal Register: Security Standards Final Rules:
    Part 1 (312kPDF)
    Part 2 (11kPDF)

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