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  • Nov 27, 2007, 06:33 PM
    JustTalking
    Hipaa violation
    If someone repeates a rumor they heard about someone's medical condition, is this a hipaa violation? And can the person repeating that rumor be sued for slander?
  • Nov 27, 2007, 06:38 PM
    ScottGem
    No. A violation occurs when someone working in a health care facility providing care for an individual reveals information about the treatment. The person who was the source of the rumor might be guilty of a violation, but not someone spreading the rumor.
  • Nov 27, 2007, 06:40 PM
    ChihuahuaMomma
    Not unless they got that information from your private medical documents.
  • Nov 27, 2007, 07:52 PM
    Fr_Chuck
    No that is called being a gosip and against the Ten Commandments but not against mans law.

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