Part 171 - Information Blocking  


Subpart A - General Provisions
§ 171.100 - Statutory basis and purpose.
§ 171.101 - Applicability.
§ 171.102 - Definitions.
§ 171.103 - Information blocking.
Subpart B - Exceptions That Involve Not Fulfilling Requests to Access, Exchange, or Use Electronic Health Information
§ 171.200 - Availability and effect of exceptions.
§ 171.201 - Preventing harm exception - when will an actor's practice that is likely to interfere with the access, exchange, or use of electronic health information in order to prevent harm not be considered information blocking?
§ 171.202 - Privacy exception - When will an actor's practice of not fulfilling a request to access, exchange, or use electronic health information in order to protect an individual's privacy not be considered information blocking?
§ 171.203 - Security exception - When will an actor's practice that is likely to interfere with the access, exchange, or use of electronic health information in order to protect the security of electronic health information not be considered information blocking?
§ 171.204 - Infeasibility exception—When will an actor's practice of not fulfilling a request to access, exchange, or use electronic health information due to the infeasibility of the request not be considered information blocking?
§ 171.205 - Health IT performance exception - When will an actor's practice that is implemented to maintain or improve health IT performance and that is likely to interfere with the access, exchange, or use of electronic health information not be considered information blocking?
Subpart C - Exceptions That Involve Procedures for Fulfilling Requests to Access, Exchange, or Use Electronic Health Information
§ 171.300 - Availability and effect of exceptions.
§ 171.301 - Manner exception—When will an actor's practice of limiting the manner in which it fulfills a request to access, exchange, or use electronic health information not be considered information blocking?
§ 171.302 - Fees exception - When will an actor's practice of charging fees for accessing, exchanging, or using electronic health information not be considered information blocking?
§ 171.303 - Licensing exception - When will an actor's practice to license interoperability elements in order for electronic health information to be accessed, exchanged, or used not be considered information blocking?
Subpart D - Exceptions That Involve Practices Related to Actors' Participation in The Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCASM)
§ 171.400 - Availability and effect of exceptions.
§ 171.403 - TEFCA manner exception—When will an actor's practice of limiting the manner in which it fulfills a request to access, exchange, or use electronic health information to only via TEFCA not be considered information blocking?
§§ 171.401--171.402 - [Reserved]
Subpart J - Disincentives for Information Blocking by Health Care Providers
§ 171.1000 - Scope.
§ 171.1001 - Disincentives.
§ 171.1002 - Notice of disincentive.
Subpart K - Transparency for Information Blocking Determinations, Disincentives, and Penalties
§ 171.1100 - Scope.
§ 171.1101 - Posting of information for actors found to have committed information blocking.