{"data":{"id":"us/45-cfr-160.316","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"45 CFR 160.316","heading":"Refraining from intimidation or retaliation.","body":"A covered entity or business associate may not threaten, intimidate, coerce, harass, discriminate against, or take any other retaliatory action against any individual or other person for—\n(a) Filing of a complaint under § 160.306;\n(b) Testifying, assisting, or participating in an investigation, compliance review, proceeding, or hearing under this part; or\n(c) Opposing any act or practice made unlawful by this subchapter, provided the individual or person has a good faith belief that the practice opposed is unlawful, and the manner of opposition is reasonable and does not involve a disclosure of protected health information in violation of subpart E of part 164 of this subchapter.","path":["Title 45—Public Welfare","SUBTITLE A—Department of Health and Human Services","SUBCHAPTER C—ADMINISTRATIVE DATA STANDARDS AND RELATED REQUIREMENTS","PART 160—GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS","Subpart C—Compliance and Investigations"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-45.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:21Z","sha256":"a2e25dc122f6748e54ab0b0f2ce9e04abad3262e04ab2a4814c4dd0d745c610b","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/45-cfr-160.314","next":"us/45-cfr-160.400"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}