HIPAA Topic:
Communicable Diseases
1.
Must a health care provider or other covered entity obtain permission from a patient prior to notifying public health authorities of the occurrence of a reportable disease?
2.
How is "public health authority" defined?
3.
If a health care provider believes that a person has been exposed to a communicable disease, can health care providers notify that person?
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