Section § 164.310(a)(1)Facility access controls

What it says

(a)(1) Standard: Facility access controls. Implement policies and procedures to limit physical access to its electronic information systems and the facility or facilities in which they are housed, while ensuring that properly authorized access is allowed.

(2) Implementation specifications:

(i) Contingency operations (Addressable). Establish (and implement as needed) procedures that allow facility access in support of restoration of lost data under the disaster recovery plan and emergency mode operations plan in the event of an emergency.

(ii) Facility security plan (Addressable). Implement policies and procedures to safeguard the facility and the equipment therein from unauthorized physical access, tampering, and theft.

(iii) Access control and validation procedures (Addressable). Implement procedures to control and validate a person's access to facilities based on their role or function, including visitor control, and control of access to software programs for testing and revision.

(iv) Maintenance records (Addressable). Implement policies and procedures to document repairs and modifications to the physical components of a facility which are related to security (for example, hardware, walls, doors, and locks).

HIPAA, the United States rules protecting health information, § 164.310(a)(1)

What is in the packs for this

Each one helps with this requirement.

• XLSExcel

  Security Rule Safeguard Register

  in HIPAA Security Rule ReadinessIts Framework References cite this section. Lists the 22 Security Rule standards and their 41 implementation specifications in plain words, required or addressable, with an owner and the evidence to keep.
• DOCWord

  Site & Business Unit Continuity Plan Template

  in Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery & Cyber ResilienceIts Framework References cite this standard's contingency operations specification. One site's or business unit's plan for losing its building, a large part of its people, a supplier or its systems, with the first steps, the minimum resources and the vital records.