FAQs Categories

Authorizations (30)
Business Associates (42)
Compliance Dates (2)
Covered Entities (14)
Decedents (8)
Disclosures for Law Enforcement Purposes (7)
Disclosures for Rule Enforcement (2)
Disclosures in Emergency Situations (2)
Disclosures Required by Law (6)
Disclosures to Family and Friends (28)
Disposal of Protected Health Information (6)
Facility Directories (7)
Family Medical History Information (3)
FERPA and HIPAA (10)
Group Health Plans (3)
Health Information Technology (41)
Incidental Uses and Disclosures (10)
Judicial and Administrative Proceedings (8)
Limited Data Set (5)
Marketing (18)
Marketing - Refill Reminders (16)
Mental Health (35)
Minimum Necessary (14)
Notice of Privacy Practice (20)
Personal Representatives and Minors (13)
Preemption of State Law (10)
Privacy Rule: General Topics (12)
Protected Health Information (2)
Public Health Uses and Disclosures (13)
Research Uses and Disclosures (20)
Right to Access and Research (58)
Right to an Accounting of Disclosures (8)
Right to File a Complaint (1)
Right to Request a Restriction (2)
Safeguards (13)
Security Rule (25)
Smaller Providers and Businesses (147)
Student Immunizations (8)
Telehealth (11)
Transition Provisions (3)
Treatment, Payment, and Health Care Operations Disclosures (30)
Workers Compensation Disclosures (5)

HIPAA FAQs for Professionals

Search frequently asked questions about HIPAA by category, number, or keyword.

Please note that some older FAQs have been sent to archive. This content is searchable using the search term ‘HIPAA FAQs’ at https://archive-it.org/collections/4657.

Content created by Office for Civil Rights (OCR)
Content last reviewed on October 12, 2017

FAQs Categories

HIPAA FAQs for Professionals

Connect With OCR

Office for Civil Rights Headquarters