Specifies a series of administrative, physical, and technical safeguards for covered entities to use to assure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of electronically protected health information.

• A. The Security Rule
• B. The Sunshine Law
• C. HIPAA Privacy Rule
• D. Public Records Law

Answer: (A)

HIPAA Security Rule specifies a framework of administrative, physical, and technical safeguards that covered entities and business associates must implement to protect electronic protected health information (ePHI). These safeguards are designed to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of ePHI. The safeguards cover administrative actions like risk analysis, security governance, and workforce training; physical measures such as facility access controls, device and media controls, and workstation security; and technical controls including access control, authentication, encryption where appropriate, auditing, integrity protections, and transmission security. The other options don’t fit because they address different areas: the Privacy Rule governs how PHI can be used and disclosed, while the Sunshine Law and Public Records Law relate to government openness and public records, not HIPAA security requirements.