Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
Agency
Virginia Department of Health
 
Board
State Board of Health
 
chapter
Regulations for Disease Reporting and Control [12 VAC 5 ‑ 90]
Action Amendment to comply with changes in public health practice
Stage Fast-Track
Comment Period Ended on 12/11/2019
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12/8/19  9:49 am
Commenter: Maureen Leahey

Violating HIPAA laws
 

By asking providers to report an individual, vs an unidentifiable number, this is a violation of PHI and HIPAA.  If this is going to be passed, you will need to have separate verbiage for the patient to sign, allowing their information to be used in data collecting and identifying where it is being sent.  The government is not above the law.

CommentID: 77255