HIPAA Privacy Rule Administrative Requirements (45 CFR 164.530)
Designated privacy official, workforce training, safeguards, complaint process, sanctions, mitigation, anti-retaliation, anti-waiver, documentation, and policies and procedures.
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45 CFR 164.530 — eCFR →https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-45/subtitle-A/subchapter-C/part-164/subpart-E/section-164.530
Verified May 23, 2026 · This is the authoritative regulator URL. The summary below is a research aid; the linked source controls.
45 CFR 164.530 gathers the Privacy Rule's administrative obligations into one section. Every covered entity must designate a privacy official, designate a contact person for receiving complaints, train all workforce members, apply appropriate administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to PHI, have a complaint process, apply sanctions for workforce violations, mitigate harmful effects of impermissible uses, refrain from retaliation, prohibit waiver of rights as a condition of services, and maintain written policies and procedures.
Records of policies, designations, training, complaints, and disclosures must be retained for six years from creation or last effective date, whichever is later. The retention requirement is one of the most-missed elements in OCR audits — many practices document the policy but cannot produce the historical training logs or complaint records on demand.
The Security Rule has parallel administrative requirements at 164.308. A small practice typically integrates both into a single compliance program rather than maintaining two parallel sets of policies.
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Last reviewed May 23, 2026 · Citation verified May 23, 2026
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