HIPAA Sanction Policy Template

The HIPAA Sanction Policy template is the solution for businesses looking to contain and manage workforce members who are not complying with their security policies and procedures. Protect your covered entity from fines, penalties, or legal action taken against noncompliance by creating an effective policy to help regulate these violations. This easy-to-use template provides the perfect foundation for designing a customized sanction policy specific to your company's needs.

The template covers everything from identifying appropriate sanctions in case of violation, guidelines on how to process sanctions, steps to ensure consistency in enforcement and appeal options. With the HIPAA Sanction Policy Template, you can ensure that everyone in your workforce understands what is required of them and will abide by the standards set forth by your organization. Create safety and efficiency in one concise package.

SAMPLE TEXT: ENTITY NAME has adopted this Sanction 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.