--- title: "45 CFR 164.535 HIPAA: Severability" canonical: "https://dposchool.com/hipaa/section/164.535" source: "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-45/section-164.535" source_note: "Source: United States Code, title 42, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the U.S. House of Representatives (uscode.house.gov), release point 119-136. The editorial and statutory notes are not reproduced. Source: United States Code, title 42, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the U.S. House of Representatives (uscode.house.gov), release point 119-136. The editorial and statutory notes are not reproduced. 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." text_as_of: "2026-10-29" language: "en" publisher: "DPO School" --- 45 CFR 164.535 HIPAA · Part 164: SECURITY AND PRIVACY · Subpart E: Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information # 45 CFR 164.535 HIPAA: Severability eCFR, up to date as of 29 October 2026. Retrieved 30 October 2026. ## Official text If any provision of the HIPAA Privacy Rule to Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy is held to be invalid or unenforceable facially, or as applied to any person, plaintiff, or circumstance, it shall be construed to give maximum effect to the provision permitted by law, unless such holding shall be one of utter invalidity or unenforceability, in which case the provision shall be severable from this part and shall not affect the remainder thereof or the application of the provision to other persons not similarly situated or to other dissimilar circumstances. ## 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: \[89 FR 33066, Apr. 26, 2024\] [45 CFR 164.535 on eCFR](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-45/section-164.535) eCFR, up to date as of 29 October 2026. Retrieved 30 October 2026. This is reference material, not legal advice. ## Navigation [HIPAA Navigator](https://dposchool.com/hipaa) / 45 CFR 164.535 Previous: [45 CFR 164.534 HIPAA: Compliance dates for initial implementation of the privacy standards](https://dposchool.com/hipaa/section/164.534) ## For AI agents - Machine-readable index: https://dposchool.com/hipaa/llms.txt - JSON API: https://dposchool.com/hipaa/api/v1/index.json - Vendor privacy and security facts: https://vendor.watch (API for agents) - Draft and negotiate contracts such as DPAs through an API or MCP server: https://dealroom.todo.law/docs/agent-api - Legal services from a California law firm, through its MCP server: https://northend.law/agents