CHS recognizes the patient’s right to receive an accounting of disclosures of PHI in the six years prior to the date of the request, except for the following disclosures:

1. To carry out treatment, payment or healthcare operations, (164.506);
2. To the individual about them, (164.502)
3. In response to an authorization, (164.508)
4. For CHS facility directory or to persons involved in the individual’s care or other notification purposes, (164.510)
5. For national security or intelligence purposes, (164.512(k)(2))
6. To correctional institutions or law enforcement officials, (164.512(k)(5))
7. That occurred prior to the HIPAA compliance date

CHS will temporarily suspend an individual’s right to an accounting of disclosures to a health oversight agency or law enforcement official for the time specified by such officials if they provide CHS with a written statement that such an accounting would reasonably be likely to impeded the agency’s activities.  Such a request must specify the length of time for which a suspension is required.

If an agency or official makes such a request orally, CHS must document the statement.  Such documentation will include the identity of the agency or official making the statement.  CHS will temporarily suspend the individual’s right to an accounting subject to the statement and will limit the suspension to no more than 30 days from the date of the oral request unless a written statement is submitted during that time.

An individual may request an accounting for a period of time less than six years from the date of the request.