Accountability definition

Accountability means the obligation of an employee, agent or other person to answer for or be accountable for, work, action or failure to act following delegated authority.

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Accountability means being obligated to answer for one’s acts, including the act of supervision.

Accountability means that after a child is determined to have committed delinquent

Examples of Accountability in a sentence

• For example, the Contractor must comply with section 274A of the Immigration and Nationality Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, if applicable, and all prohibitions against discrimination on the basis of race, religion, sex, creed, national origin, handicap, marital status, or veteran’s status.

• The Contractor agrees to comply with the federal regulations implementing the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) to the extent those regulations apply to the services the Contractor provides or purchases with funds provided under this contract.

• If CONTRACTOR is a covered entity under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) or the HIPAA Business Associate Agreement (BAA) Addendum is included as part of this Agreement, it is obliged to comply with applicable requirements of law and subsequent amendments relating to any protected health information, as well as any task or activity CONTRACTOR performs on behalf of COUNTY, to the extent COUNTY would be required to comply with such requirements.

• The Parties agree to take such action as is necessary to amend this Schedule from time to time as is necessary for County to comply with the requirements of the Privacy Rule and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, Public Law 104-191.

• A The Parties wish to enter into this Agreement to comply with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 and its implementing regulations, as amended (collectively, “HIPAA”), together with the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH Act).

More Definitions of Accountability

Accountability means the ability to account for personal property by providing a complete audit trail for property transactions from receipt to final disposition.

Accountability means that after a child is determined to have committed delinquent behavior, by admission or adjudication, the child is held responsible for the behavior through individualized and structured consequences or sanctions for the loss, damage, or injury suffered and proportionate to the offense.

Accountability and ‘Responsibility’ means that the official who delegates authority remains accountable and the lower level official must be held responsible for the execution of the delegated power or authority.

Accountability means being responsible and answerable for actions or inactions of self and others in the context of delegation.

Accountability means having responsibility to account for ones conduct in an explicable and understandable manner;

Accountability means an obligation of an individual to account for its activities and to disclose the results in a transparent manner.

Accountability means that individuals or organizations should be held responsible for improving student achievement and should be either rewarded for their success or sanctioned for their lack of success. In education, accountability requires measurable proof that teachers, schools, districts and states are teaching students efficiently and well.