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What precautions are taken to ensure that hiv positive patients' rights to privacy are not violated?

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Dr. Hunter Handsfield answered

Specializes in Infectious Disease

Violations very rare: There are strong laws to prevent inappropriate disclosure of HIV status (or other medical information), including the Privacy Rule of the fedeeral Heaith Information Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) http://www.hhs.gov/hipaa/ All states also have their own laws, and the fines are very high, often $5,000 or more. Violations almost never happen. Contact the health dept for local details.

Answered 3/27/2016

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