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DEFINITIONS - STANDARD
SECTION 160.103
As Contained in the HHS Final HIPAA Privacy Rules

Standard means a rule, condition, or requirement:

1. Describing the following information for products, systems, services or practices:

   1. Classification of components.

   2. Specification of materials, performance, or operations; or

   3. Delineation of procedures; or

2. With respect to the privacy of individually identifiable health information.

This definition was adopted in the Transactions Rule and we have modified it to make it clearer. We also add language reflecting section 264 of the statute, to clarify that the standards adopted by this rule meet this definition.

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