2370.515 HIPAA & Research: Obtaining Authorization or Waiver of Authorization Policy
In order to ensure that researchers obtain research subjects’ HIPAA authorization or waiver of HIPAA authorization prior to the use or disclosure of PHI that is not otherwise permitted or required by the HIPAA Privacy Rule. Also provides direction on when a valid HIPAA authorization for release of information is required from a research subject and what a valid HIPAA authorization must contain.
