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Does this violate Hipaa laws?
I'm going to India on very short notice, and I need to get going on all the shots. I need a history of all my immunizations, but cannot remember my childhood doctor (my mom died when I was 8 so this is why the name got lost in my family. That's a long story short).
Anyway, I called my high school and found out they do have my medical records of all my immunizations. But in order to get them, they are making me pay a $20 processing fee.
I don't have time to argue with them, and I don't want to sound like an absolute snob about paying them the fee, but it was brought to my attention that requiring a fee for medical history such as this probably violates Hippa laws.
I was just wondering if this is true or not. Please only serious answers from people who know what they are talking about, or have valid references. Thank you!
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- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
Schools are not required to follow HIPAA. Only health plans, doctors, and health care clearinghouses are required to follow it. It's more of a protection against your medical history from other people. Even if schools had to follow it, a processing fee is a nice legal scapegoat to charge money regardless.
Source(s): http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/understanding... Own experience