The purpose of this guidance is to provide additional information in response to § 8702.2(f) of the “HIE Rule”, Chapter 87 (District of Columbia Health Information Exchange) of Title 29 (Public Welfare) District of Columbia Municipal Regulations (DCMR). This document provides guidelines for Registered HIE entity policies on the following items:

• Processes for notifying the Department of Health Care Finance (DHCF) on cease of operations;
• Details on the continuation of an HIE entity’s existing participation agreement during the period of transition; and
• Protocols for the destruction of electronic health information contained in the HIE entity’s core infrastructure.