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Final Modifications to Privacy Rule

  • Final Modifications to the Privacy Rule, Federal Register, August 14, 2002     [TXT - 684K][PDF - 486K]


Privacy Rule

  • August 2003 Complete Privacy, Security, and Enforcement (Procedural) Regulation Text (45 CFR Parts 160 and 164), December 28, 2000 as amended May 31, 2002, August 14, 2002, February 2003, and April 17, 2003 - Unofficial Version [PDF - 2.8M] (The Office of the Federal Register publishes the official version of all federal regulations in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR).)
  • Correction of Effective and Compliance Dates, Federal Register, 2/26/01     [Text - 7K][PDF - 116K]
  • Technical Corrections to the Rule, Federal Register, 12/29/00     [Text - 116K][PDF - 4K]
  • Rule in PDF Format, 12/28/00 -- [ZIP - 2.6M]
  • Rule in Text Format, 12/28/00 -- [ZIP - 725K]
  • Rule in HTML Format, 12/28/00 -- Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Regulation Text Only

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Last revised: December 22, 2003

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