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FAQ 468 May a covered entity hire a business associate to create a limited data set, and may the public health authority be a business associate for that purpose, even if the public health authority is also the intended recipient of the limited data set?   Office for Civil Rights (OCR) Final
FAQ 471 May a covered entity use or disclose a patient’s entire medical record based on the patient’s signed authorization?   Office for Civil Rights (OCR) Final
FAQ 472 Does the Privacy Rule permit a covered entity to use or disclose protected health information pursuant to an authorization form that was prepared by a third party?  Office for Civil Rights (OCR) Final
FAQ 473 May a valid authorization list categories of persons who may use or disclose protected health information, without naming specific individuals or entities?  Office for Civil Rights (OCR) Final
FAQ 474 Can an individual revoke his or her authorization?  Office for Civil Rights (OCR) Final
FAQ 475 Is a copy, facsimile, or electronically transmitted version of a signed authorization valid under the Privacy Rule?   Office for Civil Rights (OCR) Final
FAQ 476 Must an authorization include an expiration date?  Office for Civil Rights (OCR) Final
FAQ 477 May a covered entity disclose protected health information specified in an authorization, even if that information was created after the authorization was signed?   Office for Civil Rights (OCR) Final
FAQ 478 Does the Privacy Rule require that an authorization be notarized or include a witness signature?  Office for Civil Rights (OCR) Final
FAQ 479 Can an authorization be used together with other written instructions from the intended recipient of the information?  Office for Civil Rights (OCR) Final
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