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Enforcement Results by Year – Compliance Reviews

This page contains historical data.  For current data please visit our Enforcement Results by Calendar Year page.

Non-Breach Compliance Reviews

This page shows the enforcement results by calendar year according to the type of closure, which includes the percentage of the total resolutions for each category. This represents the number of compliance reviews that OCR has resolved.

YEAR

INVESTIGATED:  NO VIOLATION

INVESTIGATED: CORRECTIVE ACTION OBTAINED

RESOLVED AFTER INTAKE AND REVIEW

OTHER

TOTAL RESOLUTIONS

2013

1

4%

21

84%

3

12%

0

0%

25

2014

2

7%

27

90%

0

0%

1

3%

30

2015

7

19%

24

67%

2

6%

3

8%

36

 

Enforcement Results, Pie Chart by Year

  • January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2015
  • January 1, 2014 - December 31, 2014
  • January 1, 2013 - December 31, 2013

 

compliance review non breach cases closed 2015

 

 

compliance review non breach cases closed 2014

 

 

compliance review non breach cases closed 2013

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Yearly Enforcement Results – Breach Compliance Reviews

The pie graph shows the enforcement results by calendar year according to the type of closure for 2015.  The closure categories are:

  • Resolved after Intake and Review;
  • Investigated: No Violation;
  • Investigated: Corrective Action Obtained;
  • Other.

Each category includes the percentage of the total resolutions for 2013.  This represents the number of compliance reviews that OCR has resolved. 

There were:

YEAR

RESOLVED AFTER INTAKE AND REVIEW

INVESTIGATED: NO VIOLATION

INVESTIGATED: CORRECTIVE ACTION OBTAINED

OTHER

TOTAL RESOLUTIONS

2013

6

4%

21

14%

121

80%

4

3%

152

2014

7

3%

6

3%

216

90%

10

4%

239

2015

8

5%

9

6%

126

85%

5

3%

148

Enforcement Results, Pie Chart by Year

  • January 1, 2015 – December 31, 2015
  • January 1, 2014 – December 31, 2014
  • January 1, 2013 – December 31, 2013

 

compliance review breach cases closed 2015

 

 

compliance review breach cases closed 2014

 

 

compliance review breach cases closed 2013

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Content created by Office for Civil Rights (OCR)
Content last reviewed March 22, 2019
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