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General

HHS Office for Civil Rights - HIPAA: Medical Privacy - National Standards to Protect the Privacy of Personal Health Information 
OCR Privacy Brief: Summary of The HIPAA Privacy Rule 
Is a Person, Business, or Agency a Covered Health Care Provider (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) 

Public Health Oversight and Surveillance

HIPAA Privacy Rule and Public Health: Guidance from CDC and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 
Open PDF file, 103.07 KB,  Review of Protected Health Information and Applicability of Business Associate Agreements Under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) for the Purposes of Survey and Certification(dated 3/14/03) (English, PDF 103.07 KB)
Open DOC file, 31 KB,  Review of Protected Health Information and Applicability of Business Associate Agreements Under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) for the Purposes of Survey and Certification(dated 3/14/03) (English, DOC 31 KB)
Open DOC file, 50.5 KB,  MDPH Memo on Disclosures and Uses of Protected Health Information for Public Health Purposes (dated 12/16/02, revised 8/29/03) (English, DOC 50.5 KB)
Open PDF file, 115.96 KB,  Letter from U.S. CDC regarding grant of authority to the American Association of Poison Control Centers for public health surveillance (US CDC Division of Environmental Hazards and Health Effects, dated 12/19/02) (English, PDF 115.96 KB)
Open DOC file, 22 KB,  Letter from U.S. CDC regarding grant of authority to the American Association of Poison Control Centers for public health surveillance (US CDC Division of Environmental Hazards and Health Effects, dated 12/19/02) (English, DOC 22 KB)
Open PDF file, 79.27 KB,  HIPAA Memo for Local Boards of Health (English, PDF 79.27 KB)
Open DOC file, 49 KB,  HIPAA Memo for Local Boards of Health (English, DOC 49 KB)
Open DOC file, 31 KB,  DPH memo to Hospitals, Clinics, Health Care Facilities and Clinical Laboratories: Authorization for Access to Medical Records by MDPH for Purposes of Disease Control and Prevention (dated 5/9/03) (English, DOC 31 KB)
Open DOC file, 31 KB,  DPH memo to Hospitals, Clinics, Health Care Facilities and Clinical Laboratories: Authorization for Access to Medical Records by MDPH for Purposes of Disease Control and Prevention (dated 5/9/03) (English, DOC 31 KB)
HHS Office of Civil Rights 
Massachusetts Health Data Consortium 

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