HIPAA locks on doors from hall to practitioner office?

Randy McFarland

Description

Title:

HIPAA locks on doors from hall to practitioner office?

Creator:

Randy McFarland

Date:

3/29/2005

Text:

Am I understanding correctly that HIPAA requires us to put locks on
doors that lead from patient areas to areas that have patient charts
that are not locked in a room or a cabinet?
   This means that doors to practitioners' offices (where charts are
sitting on their desks) must always be kept closed and locked. This
means that practitioner must have a key or a code to open the door to
his own office each time.
   What type of door locks are you guys using?

Thanks,

Randy McFarland, CPO
Fullerton, CA

                          

Citation

Randy McFarland, “HIPAA locks on doors from hall to practitioner office?,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 6, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/224518.