164.308(a)(3)(ii)(B) Workforce Clearance Procedure (Addressable)
164.308(a)(3)(ii)(B) in HIPAA Security Rule (the HIPAA Security Rule as it currently stands). All HIPAA Security Rule controls held. Open HIPAA Security Rule on the standards site.
The control as we hold it
Workforce Clearance Procedure (Addressable). Determine that access to ePHI is appropriate. NIST recommends background screening proportionate to role sensitivity and documented clearance decisions.
Reviewed and closest counterparts in the other frameworks
Reviewed rows come from a released pair; a closest match is the nearest held text and is not a reviewed row.
SOC 2
- SOC2-CC1.4 CC1.4 Attracting, developing and retaining competent people (COSO principle 4) (closest match)
- SOC2-CC6.2 CC6.2 Registering and authorising users before issuing credentials (closest match)
NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5
- NIST800-PS-3 PS-3 Personnel Screening (closest match)
What an auditor commonly asks for
General guidance for this control area (domain: Administrative), in our words, not a statement of the standard and not binding on an assessor.
- the risk analysis and risk-management records
- the workforce clearance, training and sanction records
- the access-authorisation and termination records
- the contingency-plan test and evaluation records