I was asked in a grocery store if I was vaxxed by the cashier. I stated Hipaa gives me the right to not answer a store clerk asking me for my medical decisions.
This was only a short lived thing here it seems, because I've never seen it again since. I bet I wasn't the only one bringing that up...
Actually HIPAA only impacts those who deal directly with medical records.
While I totally support your right to medical privacy and the decision you made to not say what your vaccination status is, that has absolutely nothing to do with HIPAA.
As a continuance to this.. I would like to propose a question to you, because you obviously know a bit more about this than myself.
Do you know of any laws/legislation(s) which protect someone shopping at the grocery store from being asked/harassed by a store clerk for their private medical information, which could be used as a proper reference so that people like myself are not speaking out of our asses to protect our privacy?
Such information I will share with others as well. I appreciate your time, thank you.
I won't do it again lol. I thought HIPAA protects patients medical privacy for/from everyone and not just with medical providers.
This is a farce too, because during a stay in rehab years ago I had a nurse show me on the computer how she was able to access my most private medical information and we both agreed that it was totally messed up!
This was/is the VA medical system, afaik it still works this way, despite many will deny it. I saw it first hand.
Hipaa laws?
I was asked in a grocery store if I was vaxxed by the cashier. I stated Hipaa gives me the right to not answer a store clerk asking me for my medical decisions.
This was only a short lived thing here it seems, because I've never seen it again since. I bet I wasn't the only one bringing that up...
Actually HIPAA only impacts those who deal directly with medical records.
While I totally support your right to medical privacy and the decision you made to not say what your vaccination status is, that has absolutely nothing to do with HIPAA.
I didn't know that. Thank you for clarifying. The store clerk didn't know either and decided not to argue with me about it :D
As a continuance to this.. I would like to propose a question to you, because you obviously know a bit more about this than myself.
Do you know of any laws/legislation(s) which protect someone shopping at the grocery store from being asked/harassed by a store clerk for their private medical information, which could be used as a proper reference so that people like myself are not speaking out of our asses to protect our privacy?
Such information I will share with others as well. I appreciate your time, thank you.
if a company, or individual is compiling a list of people, specifically regarding their "vaccination status" - that is a de facto "medical record"
if a company, or individual is compiling a list of people, specifically regarding their "vaccination status" - that is a de facto "medical record"
lol, that's not how HIPAA works.
regardless - you are under no legal obligation to share your medical information with anyone
I completely agree! But don't tell people to site HIPAA to sound informed, because it makes them sound REALLY uninformed.
I won't do it again lol. I thought HIPAA protects patients medical privacy for/from everyone and not just with medical providers.
This is a farce too, because during a stay in rehab years ago I had a nurse show me on the computer how she was able to access my most private medical information and we both agreed that it was totally messed up!
This was/is the VA medical system, afaik it still works this way, despite many will deny it. I saw it first hand.
yeah, i just say "MEDICAL PRIVACY"
perfecto