{"id":"AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-005","kind":"order","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"United States (federal); Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights","state":"","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"FED-HEALTH-OTHER","eco":"","issuer":"Robinsue Frohboese, Acting Director, Office for Civil Rights, HHS","authority":"HIPAA Rules, 45 C.F.R. parts 160 and 164; enforcement discretion","instrument":"Enforcement Discretion Regarding Online or Web-Based Scheduling Applications for the Scheduling of Individual Appointments for COVID-19 Vaccination During the COVID-19 Nationwide Public Health Emergency, 86 Fed. Reg. 11076 (Feb. 24, 2021)","title":"Enforcement Discretion Regarding Online or Web-Based Scheduling Applications for the Scheduling of Individual Appointments for COVID-19 Vaccination","dateIssued":"2021-01-19","effective":"2020-12-11 (retroactive)","end":"2023-05-11","startDate":"2020-12-11","endDate":"2023-05-11","quarters":["2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["HC","OTHER"],"addressees":["covered health care providers","business associates (scheduling-application vendors)"],"clause":"This Notification of Enforcement Discretion went into effect on December 11, 2020, and will remain in effect until the Secretary of HHS determines that the public health emergency no longer exists... OCR will exercise its enforcement discretion and will not impose penalties for noncompliance with the HIPAA Rules on covered health care providers or their business associates in connection with the good faith use of online or web-based scheduling applications... for the limited purpose of scheduling individual appointments for COVID-19 vaccination during the COVID-19 nationwide public health emergency.","enforcement":"HIPAA civil money penalties suspended for the described conduct","functions":["FD front desk and scheduling","OF administration","CB patients"],"notes":"Predicate for pharmacies, clinics, health systems and employers\u0027 occupational-health providers that scheduled vaccinations through consumer applications in 2021.","sourceUrl":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2021-02-24/pdf/2021-03348.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":207490,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER","url":"/library/AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-005","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-005","citation":"Robinsue Frohboese, Acting Director, Office for Civil Rights, HHS, Enforcement Discretion Regarding Online or Web-Based Scheduling Applications for the Scheduling of Individual Appointments for COVID-19 Vaccination During the COVID-19 Nationwide Public Health Emergency, 86 Fed. Reg. 11076 (Feb. 24, 2021) (Jan. 19, 2021) (Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-005)","stateName":"","related":[]}