Monday, April 10, 2006

HIPAA Preemption Analysis by State

Thanks to the folks at the HIPAA blog for the link:

HIPAA Preemption Analysis of State Privacy and Security Laws: You can find it
here, at the site National Association of Chain Drug Stores Foundation.

For example, for Georgia you can find this:

Are there any statutes or regulations governing the privacy of a customer’s personal information used or disclosed by a retail pharmacy?

Yes, in Georgia there are privacy-related statutory and regulatory requirements in the following areas:

· Confidential Information
· Disclosure
· Pharmacist-Patient Privilege
· HIV/AIDS

In addition, there are information-related statutory and regulatory requirements in the following areas:

· Record Maintenance
· Records of Dispensing
· Automated Data Processing Systems
· Transmission of Prescriptions
· Transfer of Prescriptions