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When an employee commits repeated privacy breaches the employee may be subjected to disciplinary actions by the practice:

Do not continue to use a sharps container after its contents have reached the fill line.

The Privacy Rule states you must provide patients a copy of the medical record free of charge.

Your office can provide a patient’s personal information to a drug company for marketing purposes if:

The Notice of Privacy Practices (NPP) is a legal document that outlines:

Patients have the right to inspect and copy the medical record if:

Where in your office might you find PHI?

Where are you required to post the NPP?

The privacy official may appoint a deputy privacy official to help implement the Privacy Rule.

Your office is required to document your efforts to obtain patient signatures: