ROWAN UNIVERSITY POLICY

Title: Access of Individuals to Protected Health Information (PHI)

Subject: Office of Compliance & Corporate Integrity (OCCI)

Policy No: OCCI: 2013: P02

Applies: RowanSOM

Issuing Authority: President

Responsible Authority: RowanSOM Chief Compliance and Privacy Officer & Rowan Chief Information Security Officer

Adopted: 01/23/2003

Amended: 07/01/2013

Reviewed: 12/30/2014

I.   PURPOSE

To establish a policy to ensure Rowan School of Osteopathic Medicine (RowanSOM) compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and the Omnibus Final Privacy Rule of 2013, in providing an individual the right of access to inspect and obtain a copy of Protected Health Information (PHI) about the individual in a designated record set.

II. ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOUNTABILITY

Under the direction of the President, the Dean, the Executive Vice President for Academic and Clinical Affairs, General Counsel, Chief Compliance & Privacy Officer, Vice President for Research shall ensure compliance with this policy.

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