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title: "45 CFR 160.105 HIPAA: Compliance dates for implementation of new or modified standards and implementation specifications"
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45 CFR 160.105 HIPAA · Part 160: GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS · Subpart A: General Provisions

# 45 CFR 160.105 HIPAA: Compliance dates for implementation of new or modified standards and implementation specifications

eCFR, up to date as of 29 October 2026. Retrieved 30 October 2026.

## Official text

Except as otherwise provided, with respect to rules that adopt new standards and implementation specifications or modifications to standards and implementation specifications in this subchapter in accordance with § 160.104 that become effective after January 25, 2013, covered entities and business associates must comply with the applicable new standards and implementation specifications, or modifications to standards and implementation specifications, no later than 180 days from the effective date of any such standards or implementation specifications.

## Source

Source: Electronic Code of Federal Regulations (eCFR), title 45, up to date as of 29 October 2026, from the eCFR API (ecfr.gov). The eCFR is an editorial compilation of the CFR and Federal Register amendments, not an official legal edition of the CFR.

Source credit: \[78 FR 5689, Jan. 25, 2013\]

[45 CFR 160.105 on eCFR](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-45/section-160.105)

eCFR, up to date as of 29 October 2026. Retrieved 30 October 2026.

This is reference material, not legal advice.

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