CAS 154 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Medical Emergency, Tuberculosis, Reasonable Suspicion
2 Jul 2017
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Does 42 cfr apply to you: program that provides diagnosis, treatment, or referral for treatment and receives federal assistance, school lunch, medicaid, etc. The general rule: general rule: don"t, prohibited from disclosing any information about clients, prohibited from others even if authorized by state law. Irrevocable consent only allowed in criminal justice referrals: written consent does not mandate the program to disclose. Other exceptions to the general rule: communication among staff within organization, if communication were necessary to provide services. Health insurance portability and accountability act (hipaa: passed by congress in 1996, requires standardization of electronic patient health, administrative, and financial data. Drug testing: raises privacy issues in any situation. Pre-employment testing: must be part of the hiring policy of the organization and applied uniformly. Random testing: employees in positions of safety or security sensitivity can be subject to random tests, issue is who is considered to be in these positions.
