Re: Possible HipAA Violation

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On 12/07/06, lawguy wrote:
> On 12/07/06, Tina wrote:
>> On 11-24-06 I was wrongfully accused of "smoking Marjuana"
>> while at work. I consented to a drug test and was sent
>> home immediatly. ... I found out that one of the Nurses,
>> although she was instructed not to, turned around and told
>> 3 other people. ... First, were my HIPPA rights violated?
> Second, if
>> so what are my recorses? ....
>
> There may be no recourse under HIPAA.
>
> "You have no right to sue under HIPAA for violations of your
> privacy. In other words, you do not have a 'private right of
> action.' Only the HHS or the U.S. Department of Justice has
> the authority to file an action for violations of the
Privacy
> Rule." says http://www.privacyrights.org/fs/fs8a-hipaa.htm
> online
>
> good luck.i was recently in the hospital and my brother was
able to walk into the hospital and get medical info from
nurses because he used to work what can i do about it