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      219-Does HIPAA change the way a person can grant another person health care power of attorney
    No. Nothing in the Privacy Rule changes the way in which an individual grants another person power of attorney for health care decisions.
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      220-Can  a health care power of attorney obtain access to the individual's medical record
    Yes, an individual that has been given a health care power of attorney will have the right to access the medical records of the individual related to such representation to the extent permitted by the HIPAA Privacy Rule at 45 CFR 164.524. However, when a physician or other covered entity reasonably believes that an individual, including an unemancipated minor, has been or may be subjected to domestic violence, abuse or neglect by the personal representative, or that treating a person as an individual’s personal representative could endanger the individual, the covered entity may choose not to treat that person as the individual’s personal representative, if in the exercise of professional judgment, doing so would not be in the best interests of the individual.
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      221-Can a personal representative access to the individual's medical record
    The HIPAA Privacy Rule treats an adult or emancipated minor’s personal representative as the individual for purposes of the Rule regarding the health care matters that relate to the representation, including the right of access under 45 CFR 164.524.
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      222-How a deceased individual's family obtain the deceased's information relevant to their own health care
    The HIPAA Privacy Rule recognizes that a deceased individual’s protected health information may be relevant to a family member’s health care.
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      223-Does HIPAA address when it may not be appropriate for a person to control an individual's information
    Generally, no. The Rule defers to State and other laws that address the fitness of a person to act on an individual’s behalf.
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      224-May personal representatives access health information based on a non-health care power of attorney
    No. Except with respect to decedents, a covered entity must treat a personal representative as the individual only when that person has authority under other law to act on the individual’s behalf on matters related to health care.
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      226-How does a covered entity identify an individual’s personal representative
    State or other law determines who is authorized to act on an individual’s behalf, thus the Privacy Rule does not address how personal representatives should be identified.
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      227-Does the HIPAA Privacy Rule allow parents the right to see their children’s medical records
    Yes, the Privacy Rule generally allows a parent to have access to the medical records about his or her child, as his or her minor child’s personal representative when such access is not inconsistent with State or other law.
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      228-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
    Generally, yes. Even though the parent did not consent to the treatment in this situation, the parent would be the child’s personal representative under the HIPAA Privacy Rule.
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      229-Does the HIPAA Privacy Rule provide rights for children to be treated without parental consent
    No. The Privacy Rule does not address consent to treatment, nor does it preempt or change State or other laws that address consent to treatment.
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      230-Who controls the health information rendered while the individual was an unemancipated minor
    The individual who is the subject of the protected health information can exercise all rights granted by the HIPAA Privacy Rule with respect to all protected health information about him or her, including information obtained while the individual was an unemancipated minor consistent with State or other law.
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      231-May a psychologist notify a parent before treating his or her minor child even though the child is able to consent
    The HIPAA Privacy Rule would defer to State or other applicable law that addresses the disclosure of health information to a parent about a minor child.
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