For those of you in Law Enforcement and/or Corrections, how do you handle HIPAA privacy when information is requested from your non-EMS Chain-of-Command about medical care that you have provided?
I am pondering two scenarios in which this could be an issue.
The first: you provided medical care to persons arrested / "in custody" and I'm thinking that the COC would have a need to know because of the custody / billing.
The second: you roll up on a MVC (not dispatched) and provide care. Would the privacy rule come into effect with your COC and hence PHI could not be forwarded up?
Just curious to how you all are handling this.
I am pondering two scenarios in which this could be an issue.
The first: you provided medical care to persons arrested / "in custody" and I'm thinking that the COC would have a need to know because of the custody / billing.
The second: you roll up on a MVC (not dispatched) and provide care. Would the privacy rule come into effect with your COC and hence PHI could not be forwarded up?
Just curious to how you all are handling this.