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- Who must comply with HIPAA privacy standards?
- Does the HIPAA Privacy Rule allow a health care provider to disclose protected health information (PHI) about a student to a school nurse or physician?
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- If my family or friends call my health care provider to ask about my condition, will they have to give my provider proof of who they are?
- Is a health information organization (HIO) covered by the HIPAA Privacy Rule?
- Does the HIPAA Privacy Rule apply to an elementary or secondary school?
- Are communications about government programs or government-sponsored programs “marketing” under the HIPAA Privacy Rule?
- Can health care information be shared in a severe disaster?
- Does FERPA or HIPAA apply to records on students who are patients at a university hospital?
- Are physicians and doctor's offices prohibited from maintaining patient medical charts at bedside or outside of exam rooms, or from engaging in other customary practices where the potential exists for patient information to be incidentally disclosed to others?