An assessed entity is required to comply with six regulatory factors.

Regulatory factors are applied to scope based on legal, contractual, or regulatory obligations.

If an entity is required to comply with six regulatory factors, then all six must be included in the assessment scope.

Excluding any would result in an incomplete or non-compliant scope.

Extract Reference (HITRUST CSF Scoping Guidance [0088]):

All regulatory factors applicable to the entity’s obligations must be included in scope.