HIPAA Facility Security Policy Template

Secure your facility with the HIPAA Facility Security Policy Template. This template is designed with the intent to help protect physical access, tampering, and theft of equipment and other assets in the facility. By implementing the required policies and procedures, you will be assured that any threats to your facility’s security are quickly addressed and necessary steps taken to safeguard against future issues. 

The HIPAA Facility Security Policy Template ensures compliance with Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act (HIPAA) standards for data privacy by minimizing risks associated with theft or exposure of sensitive information. Utilizing this professional tool gives peace-of-mind knowing your policy meets requirements for authorizing access to controlled areas in the workplace as well as providing guidelines for preventing unauthorized use and damage to assets. 

SAMPLE TEXT: ENTITY NAME has adopted this Facility Security Policy in order to recognize the requirement to comply with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”), as amended by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (“HITECH”) Act of 2009 (Title XIII of division A and Title IV of division B of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act “ARRA”) and the HIPAA Omnibus Final Rule (Effective Date: March 26, 2013). We acknowledge that full compliance with the HIPAA Final Rule is required by or before September 23, 2013.

ENTITY NAME hereby acknowledges our duty and responsibility to protect the privacy and security of Individually Identifiable Health Information (“IIHI”) generally, and Protected Health Information (“PHI”) as defined in the HIPAA Regulations, under the regulations implementing HIPAA, other federal and state laws protecting the confidentiality of personal information, and under principles of general and professional ethics. We also acknowledge our duty and responsibility to support and facilitate the timely and unimpeded flow of health information for lawful and appropriate purposes.

Each of our HIPAA templates are in Microsoft Word (.docx) format for easy editing. Each template is guaranteed to be fully HIPAA & HITECH compliant when properly implemented.