164.310(a)(1) Facility Access Controls (Standard)
Implement policies limiting physical access to electronic information systems and facilities while ensuring properly authorized access is allowed. NIST recommends layered physical security and visitor management.
Source: HIPAA Security Rule, 164.310(a)(1). The statement above is our statement of the clause, read from the published text and cited so you can check it against the official text, not the instrument verbatim. Open HIPAA Security Rule in the compliance library.
Applies to covered entities and business associates. An addressable specification can be met by a documented, reasonable alternative.
These are the artefacts auditors commonly ask for on this requirement, our guidance rather than text from the standard. Your assessor decides what is sufficient in your context, and asks for samples across the period when a report covers one.
system holds itEvidence a system already holds
- Badge system records · Physical access / facilities
- Visitor logs · Physical access / facilities
periodic reviewEvidence produced at each review
none for this control
governing documentDocuments that govern the control
- Facility access policy · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- CCTV coverage map · Policy repository / GRC workspace
First move
Common gaps auditors find
- Tailgating uncontrolled
- Visitor logs incomplete
- Vendor access not separately tracked
Do this for your whole sheet
Paste the rows you run your controls from and get this mapping for every control at once, with the periodic-review ones flagged and a first move per row. No account for the first run.
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