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From: OCR HIPAA Privacy Rule information distribution
[mailto:OCR-PRIVACY-LIST@...] On Behalf Of Linda Sanches
Sent: Monday, April 16, 2007 12:01 PM
To: OCR-PRIVACY-LIST@...
Subject: Delegated Subpoena Authority

The Secretary of Health and Human Services has delegated to the Director of
OCR the authority to issue subpoenas in investigations of alleged
violations of the HIPAA Privacy Rule and of the Patient Safety and Quality
Improvement Act of 2005. Notice of this delegation was published in the
Federal Register on April 16, 2007, and may be found at the GPO Access
website Federal Register links:
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov
/2007/pdf/07-1872.pdf (PDF); and
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov
/2007/07-1872.htm (HTML).

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