Is it a HIPAA violation to make me take an alcohol abuse and awareness class in the same room with an Anger Management Class?
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Is it a HIPAA violation to make me take an alcohol abuse and awareness class in the same room with an Anger Management Class?
I went to my first Alcohol Awareness class and I was checked in and paid for an Anger Management class by mistake when I got there. The Alcohol Class was taking place in the same room and we could all see each other and hear each other even though we were partially separated by a room divider. It wasnt until I heard the others introduce themselves and I introduced myself that it became clear to the instructor that I was in the wrong class. My privacy and everyone else’s had already been compromised.
Asked on April 27, 2012 under Criminal Law, Arizona
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Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
Being forced to take an alcohol abuse and awareness class in the same room as an anger management class is not a HIPPA violation. A HiPPA violation occurs when one's health care practioner(s) or employees of such disclose without written approval by the patient information about the patient to third parties who are not treating the patient or are in a legal position to be made aware of the patient's medical condition.
You do not have the facts supporting a HIPPA violation based upon what you have written. Most likely you are attending the class that you are attending as part of a court order resulting from a DUI conviction.
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