CFR › Title 45 › Part 171 Part 171 — Information Blocking Subpart A — General Provisions Subpart B — Exceptions That Involve Not Fulfilling Requests to Access, Exchange, or Use Electronic Health Information § 171.200 — Availability and effect of exceptions. § 171.201 — Preventing harm exception—when will an actor's practice that is likely to interfere with the access, exchange, or use of electronic health information in order to prevent harm not be considered information blocking? § 171.202 — Privacy exception—When will an actor's practice of not fulfilling a request to access, exchange, or use electronic health information in order to protect an individual's privacy not be considered information blocking? § 171.203 — Security exception—When will an actor's practice that is likely to interfere with the access, exchange, or use of electronic health information in order to protect the security of electronic health information not be considered information blocking? § 171.204 — Infeasibility exception—When will an actor's practice of not fulfilling a request to access, exchange, or use electronic health information due to the infeasibility of the request not be considered information blocking? § 171.205 — Health IT performance exception—When will an actor's practice that is implemented to maintain or improve health IT performance and that is likely to interfere with the access, exchange, or use of electronic health information not be considered information blocking? § 171.206 — Protecting Care Access—When will an actor's practice that is likely to interfere with the access, exchange, or use of electronic health information in order to reduce potential exposure to legal action not be considered information blocking? Subpart C — Exceptions That Involve Procedures for Fulfilling Requests to Access, Exchange, or Use Electronic Health Information Subpart D — Exceptions That Involve Practices Related to Actors' Participation in The Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA<sup>SM</sup>) Subpart J — Disincentives for Information Blocking by Health Care Providers Subpart K — Transparency for Information Blocking Determinations, Disincentives, and Penalties