View Full Version : Is This phi in HIPAA?
mpeek99
Aug 1, 2008, 04:22 PM
I noticed that my name and address is on my prescription bottles isn't this PHI?
N0help4u
Aug 1, 2008, 04:34 PM
No it just looks like it is an option of the pharmacy
Prescription Label Requirements (http://www.mapharm.com/rx_label.htm)
JudyKayTee
Aug 1, 2008, 05:32 PM
I noticed that my name and address is on my prescription bottles isn't this PHI?
No, it is not - the pharmacy must also comply to laws concerning labelling pharmaceuticals. You also must be protected in the event you are ever stopped by the Police with drugs and have to prove that they are prescription and that they are yours.
This is not a violation because presumably you are the only non-professional who sees the prescription bottles - if the information is given to anyone else it has to come from you.