2011 California Code
Health and Safety Code
DIVISION 109. OFFICE OF HEALTH INFORMATION INTEGRITY [130200 - 130205]
Section 130203
(a) Every provider of health care shall establish and implement appropriate administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect the privacy of a patient s medical information. Every provider of health care shall reasonably safeguard confidential medical information from any unauthorized access or unlawful access, use, or disclosure.
(b) In exercising its duties pursuant to this division, the office shall consider the provider s capability, complexity, size, and history of compliance with this section and other related state and federal statutes and regulations, the extent to which the provider detected violations and took steps to immediately correct and prevent past violations from reoccurring, and factors beyond the provider s immediate control that restricted the facility s ability to comply with this section.
(Added by Stats. 2008, Ch. 602, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2009.)
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