1) It's HIPAA - The Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act 2) The text about "Protection of the President and others" is directly from the HIPAA Privacy rule (164.12(k)(3)). Not sure why this is news.
3) For examples of this in other privacy statements and disclosure policies, simply search Google for: hipaa "protection of the president and others" PaulM -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of J.A. Terranson Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 12:54 PM To: Full-Disclosure Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Full-disclosure] [EMED-L] Patriot Act and HIPPA (fwd) Take note people! -- Yours, J.A. Terranson [EMAIL PROTECTED] 0xBD4A95BF Just once, can't we have a nice polite discussion about the logistics and planning side of large criminal enterprise? - Steve Thompson ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 12:10:59 -0500 From: Jeanne Lenzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: EMED-L -- a list for emergency medicine practitioners. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [EMED-L] Patriot Act and HIPPA Could anyone on this listserve who has seen anything like what follows below, please contact me off-list immediately [EMAIL PROTECTED] (for background or for attribution - your choice). Thanks, Jeanne A patient was handed a medical information rights and disclosure booklet she got from her doctor. It lists the folks that they might release medical information to for various reasons (health department, lawyers and courts because of subpoena, law enforcement officials, coroners, medical examiners, funeral directors, etc.). Below them, there is this graph: Protective Services for the President, National Security and Intelligence Activities: We may disclose medical information about you to authorized federal officials so they may without limitation (i) provide protection to the President, other authorized persons or foreign heads of state or conduct special investigations, or (ii) conduct lawful intelligence, counter-intelligence, or other national security activities authorized by law. __________ Jeanne Lenzer Freelance journalist 11 Len Court Kingston, NY 12401 USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] 845.943.6202 office 203.300.7136 cell To unsubscribe, send the command "SIGNOFF EMED-L" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/ _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
