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The Other Health Privacy Law: What FERPA Requires of Schools (HTML)
By The Center for Health and Health Care in Schools , Ed.
In Focus; 2003

Summary: This document indicates that the final regulations for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) specifically exempt any health information entered into a student’s education record by a school nurse and make that information subject instead to the older Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). Schools may find themselves more scrutinized than before on the issue of how they protect student medical records under FERPA. Of the exceptions to FERPA, the one most frequently causing schools difficulty is the “legitimate educational interests” provision.

Index Terms: Accountability, Health Requirements, Medical Records, Privacy, Schools, Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability And Accessibility Act), No Child Left Behind Act Of 2001

Publication Type: Announcements, Press Releases

Pages: 3 pages
Language: English
URL: http://www.healthinschools.org/News-Room/InFocus/2003/Issue-1.aspx

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The Center for Health and Health Care in Schools
School of Public Health and Health Services
The George Washington University
2121 K Street NW, Suite 250
Washington , District of Columbia 20037
202-466-3396
FAX: 202-466-3467
chhcs@gwu.edu
http://www.healthinschools.org/

 
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