Resource: Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information

By: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, DHHS

December 28, 2000

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SUMMARY: This rule includes standards to protect the privacy of individually identifiable health information. The rules below, which apply to health plans, health care clearinghouses, and certain health care providers, present standards with respect to the rights of individuals who are the subjects of this information, procedures for the exercise of those rights, and the authorized and required uses and disclosures of this information.