North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 23 - MEDICAL ASSISTANCE ADMINISTRATION
Subchapter H - CONFIDENTIALITY AND ACCESS TO CLIENT RECORDS
Section .0100 - GENERAL
Section 23H .0105 - SECURITY OF RECORDS
Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024
(a) The agency shall provide a secure place or places with controlled access for the storage of records. Only individuals who must access client information in order to carry out duties assigned or approved by the agency shall be authorized access to the storage area or areas.
(b) Only authorized individuals may remove a record from the storage area or areas and the authorizing individual shall be responsible for the security of the record until it is returned to the storage area or areas.
(c) The agency shall establish procedures to prevent accidental disclosure of client information from automated data processing systems.
(d) The director shall assure that all authorized individuals are informed of the confidential nature of client information and shall disseminate written policy to and provide training for all persons with access to client information.
Authority
G.S.
108A-54;
108A-80;
42 C.F.R.
431.306;
Eff. September 1,
1984;
Amended Eff. August 1, 1990;
Transferred from
10A NCAC
21A .0405 Eff. May 1, 2012;
Pursuant to
G.S.
150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
substantive public interest Eff. July 23,
2016.
