Sec.20-614-2. Application for approval

(a) Each electronic data intermediary shall file an application for approval of its system with the commission on a form prescribed by the department. The form shall include but not be limited to the following information:

(1) the name and address of the applicant; and

(2) the business status of the applicant (sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, etc.); and

(3) a description of the type of electronic data intermediary system to be used that describes:

(A) the security safeguards;

(B) the retention and retrieval capabilities of the system; and

(C) the safeguards designed to protect patient confidentiality.

(b) The commission, in its discretion, may require the applicant to provide a protocol that describes in detail the applicant's intended plan of operation. No applicant may change its protocol without review by the commission and approval by the department.

(c) The department shall approve any application filed by electronic data intermediaries that the commission has reviewed and accepted as being in compliance with the provisions of sections 20-614-3 though 20-614-6, inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.

(Adopted effective August 30, 2005)