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POLICY NUMBER: AS.064
EFFECTIVE DATE: 9/20/2024
APPROVAL DATE: 9/20/2024
REVISED DATE: N/A
PURPOSE: To define appropriate use of an individual’s health information by students when submitting assignments.
ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY: N/A
SCOPE: All Life University students
ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY:
RESPONSIBLE AUTHORITY: Academic Affairs
RECIPIENTS: All Life University Students
PUBLICATIONS: Student Handbook, Clinic Handbook
DEFINITIONS: Protected Health Information (PHI) – information that is individually identifiable to a patient that pertains to the patient’s past, present, or future physical or mental health or condition or the provision of health care to that patient or payment for the provision of health care to that patient.
Policy Title
Student Use of PHI in Academic Assignments/Assessments/Communications Policy
Policy Statement
Students preparing and submitting academic assignments that contain PHI in any format (including print and electronic form) must protect the security and privacy of the PHI in such assignments.
Procedure(s)
Students must not use, publish or disclose PHI in the preparation, transmission or submission of any Life University assignment, assessment or communication, unless the subject of the PHI has provided the Life University instructor or the student with a written, signed, and HIPAA-compliant disclosure authorization form. Although HIPAA allows the creation, use, transmission and maintenance of PHI for treatment, payment and health operations without a prior written consent, Life University requires the prior written consent of the subject of the PHI before students use any PHI in their assignments. Alternatively, Life University requires all students who use any health information of an individual in any academic assign first “de-identify” such data according to HIPAA and this policy procedure. See Life University’s De-Identification Policy.
Other Notes
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