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Joint Guidance on the Application of FERPA and HIPAA to Student Health Records

Guidance
Infectious Diseases and Public Health

Department of Education and Department of Health and Human Services, December 2019

Summary

The U.S. Department of Education and the Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released updated joint guidance addressing the application of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy Rule to records maintained on students. 

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