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An employer cannot ask for Inoculation information per HIPAA law
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[quote:Zovalex:MV80NzUzMzkyXzg2NjAzNDY5Xzk4NzE5NDY4] [quote:R. Wordsworth:MV80NzUzMzkyXzg2NjAyOTAyX0U5OUQxRTUw] HIPAA applies to healthcare providers and nobody else. If I find out that you have AIDS I can go run to TMZ and they can tell everyone on the planet and it's totally legal. Employers can force you to prove you don't have high blood pressure or diabetes or vision or hearing problems, requiring a vaccination is no different. And if they want to sell that information to the highest bidder or post it online for free they can do so and it's totally legal. Your boss can require to to tell him if you have AIDS, and if you say yes he can rent a billboard on I-95 and put your picture up with big red lettering saying "HIV POSITIVE". And HIPAA will not protect you from any of that. [/quote] While it’s true that HIPAA will not protect someone from these actions, there are other laws in place that will. ....but you already know that. I’m posting this for the benefit of the uninformed. . [/quote]
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Unless there is a State or Federal law that mandates employers must require records of inoculation for terms of employment, your PHI (Private Health Information) cannot be required under HIPAA law. You can freely give this information, but they cannot require it. Your private health information is absolutely protected!
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