1. What does the HIPAA Privacy Rule say about a research participant's right of access to research records or results?
2. If a child receives emergency medical care without a parent's consent, can the parent get all information about the child's treatment and condition?
3. Does the HIPAA Privacy Rule require that covered entities provide patients with access to oral information?
4. Are the HIPAA Privacy Rule’s requirements regarding patient access in harmony with the Clinical Laboratory Improvements Amendments of 1988 (CLIA)?
5. How can family members of a deceased individual obtain the deceased individual's protected health information that is relevant to their own health care?
6. Can the personal representative of an adult or emancipated minor obtain access to the individual's medical record?
7. If someone has health care power of attorney for an individual, can they obtain access to that individual's medical record?
8. If patients request copies of their medical records as permitted by the Privacy Rule, are they required to pay for the copies?
9. Does the HIPAA Privacy Rule allow parents the right to see their children’s medical records?
10. Does the HIPAA Privacy Rule require a business associate to provide individuals with access to their protected health information or an accounting of disclosures, or an opportunity to amend protected health information?
11. Do parents have the right to see their children's medical records?
12. The regulations state that patients have access to health information and may request corrections to it. What if the correction the patient requests are not appropriate?
13. Are health care providers who give free cholesterol tests to drop-by patients required to comply with the patient access and correction elements of HIPAA ?
14. What are the obligations of a health care provider when he grants access to a patient's personal health information?
15. In what format must the information be provided to the patient?
16. How quickly must access be granted to the patient?
17. Can health care providers provide the patient with summaries of their personal health information?
18. Can health care providers charge a fee for providing an individual's personal health information?
19. Does HHS provide any guidelines or restrictions on fees that health care providers can charge for providing an individual his/her personal health information?
20. What are the requirements if the information sought by the patient is maintained in more than one designated record set or in more than one location?
21. Can health care providers deny access to a patient who has requested access to his/her protected health information?
22. What are the types of information for which health care providers can deny a patient access?
23. Can access to all of the information in the designated record set be denied when there is a reasonable anticipation of a civil, criminal, or administrative proceeding?
24. Can health care providers deny a patient access to his/her personal health information?
25. Does HHS provide any examples of when access to information is likely to endanger the life or physical safety of the individual or another person?
26. Can health care providers deny access to information to inmates?
27. Can a health care provider deny access to the personal representative of an individual?
28. Can a health care provider allow a patient access to information about his/her treatment research?
29. What are health care providers required to do if they deny access to a patient's protected health information?
30. What type of information does the denial notice need to contain regarding the patient's right to file complaints?
31. Are health care providers required to provide a patient with some kind of review when they deny access?
32. What types of denials entitle a patient to a review?
33. What does a "review" of a denial encompass?
34. When there is a listed reason to deny access, are health care providers required to deny access?
35. Can health care providers refuse to allow a patient access to his/her protected health information if that patient has not paid outstanding bills?
36. Can health care providers ask patients to waive their right to access their information?
37. What do health care providers do if they do not maintain or have access to the requested information?
38. How long must health care providers provide access to the protected health information?
39. What documentation are health care providers required to maintain with respect to the right of access?
40. Are health care providers required to acknowledge receipt of an access request to the requestor?
41. Can health care providers require that a request for access to protected health information be made in writing?
42. Is there a limit on how many times a patient can request access to his/her protected health information?
43. How quickly must health care providers respond to a request for access?
44. When a patient requests access to his/her information, are health care providers required to provide information that is held by a business associate?
45. Is a patient entitled to all information retained in the designated record set?
46. Does a patient have a right to access his/her protected health information?