# Enforcement Discretion Regarding COVID-19 Community-Based Testing Sites (CBTS) During the COVID-19 Nationwide Public Health Emergency
> **Centers for Disease Control and Prevention** · Notification of enforcement discretion. · Published 2020-05-18 · Effective 2020-04-09 · 85 FR 29637
## Document
- **Document number:** 2020-09099
- **Category:** public-health
- **Sub-agency:** Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- **Federal Register citation:** 85 FR 29637
- **CFR reference:** 45 CFR 160
- **Publication date:** 2020-05-18
- **Effective date:** 2020-04-09
## Abstract

This notification is to inform the public that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is exercising its discretion in how it applies the Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification Rules under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). As a matter of enforcement discretion, the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) will not impose penalties for noncompliance with the regulatory requirements under the HIPAA Rules against covered health care providers or their business associates in connection with the good faith participation in the operation of a COVID-19 Community-Based Testing Site (CBTS) during the COVID-19 nationwide public health emergency.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/05/18/2020-09099/enforcement-discretion-regarding-covid-19-community-based-testing-sites-cbts-during-the-covid-19)
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