futuredust
Senior Member
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? AR
I have read on a few other threads about parents who claim due to HIPPA and the child being 14 or older they cannot obtain any medical information regarding their child.
Which leads me to this question, are there different guidelines and regulations on a state by state basis when it comes to HIPPA.
When I filled out paperwork at my children's medical providers I had the children sign as well as myself. I also added their father to their records as being allowed access to their medical records, should he so choose to inquire.
When I was recently at a new provider for our son, an allergist, I asked about HIPPA and parents not being allowed access to records if the child was 14 or over and had not signed. The office manager told me she had never heard of such a thing, that parents are allowed access to their children's medical records so long as they are under 18.
However when I was at the health department with our 16year old daughter, who was getting a birth control shot and her HPV vaccination, I was looking at her chart that was laying on the desk. The nurse told me I could pick it up if I wanted to but that if my daughter did not want me to see it she could not let me, so she asked my daughter. Who said of course, she is my mother.. but it lead me to wonder about HIPPA.What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?
I have read on a few other threads about parents who claim due to HIPPA and the child being 14 or older they cannot obtain any medical information regarding their child.
Which leads me to this question, are there different guidelines and regulations on a state by state basis when it comes to HIPPA.
When I filled out paperwork at my children's medical providers I had the children sign as well as myself. I also added their father to their records as being allowed access to their medical records, should he so choose to inquire.
When I was recently at a new provider for our son, an allergist, I asked about HIPPA and parents not being allowed access to records if the child was 14 or over and had not signed. The office manager told me she had never heard of such a thing, that parents are allowed access to their children's medical records so long as they are under 18.
However when I was at the health department with our 16year old daughter, who was getting a birth control shot and her HPV vaccination, I was looking at her chart that was laying on the desk. The nurse told me I could pick it up if I wanted to but that if my daughter did not want me to see it she could not let me, so she asked my daughter. Who said of course, she is my mother.. but it lead me to wonder about HIPPA.What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?