Answer: B - The Substance Use Disorder Patient Records regulations were originally implemented to ensure the confidentiality and security of patient records when the records contain information about treatment for substance use disorder. Under the regulations, “substance use disorder” refers to a cluster of cognitive, behavioral, and physiological symptoms which indicate that an individual continues to use a substance regardless of any impaired control, social impairment, risk of use and pharmacological tolerance and withdrawal issues arising from the use of the substance.
At the time the regulations were established, there were no broader privacy and data security standards for protecting this type of healthcare data.
