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Final Rule

The final rule adopting the Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) standards for the security of electronic health information was published in the Federal Register on February 20, 2003. This final rule specifies a series of administrative, technical, and physical security procedures for covered entities to use to assure the confidentiality of electronic protected health information.  For more information see the link in the Downloads section below.

Proposed Rule

The Proposed Rule was published in the Federal Register on August 12, 1998. See the link in the Downloads section below.

Downloads

Security Final Rule [PDF, 309 KB]

Security Proposed Rule [PDF, 264KB]
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