CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION – ACADEMIC/CLINICAL EDUCATION (FERPA/HIPAA)
- All facility, personnel and patient records are confidential in nature. This includes all medical images, reports, spoken, paper and electronic information. Students shall comply
with all federal and state rules and regulations regarding such information, including, but not limited to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). - Requests for information concerning a patient, personnel or the facility should be referred to the Supervising Sonographer or the Clinical Instructor.
- Students are expected to maintain confidentiality in a professional manner.
- Student files at the clinical education center are confidential and will be kept in a locked file cabinet. Only the clinical instructor and clinical coordinators have access to these files. A student will be able to view only his/her own file. This will be done under the supervision of the clinical instructor or clinical coordinator.
- Any break in confidentiality by a student will be cause for immediate dismissal from the program. If a student is accused of a confidentiality violation, an investigation will commence. The grievance policy will be followed.
- Students are to follow clinical site policies in identifying patients.
Policy: 2002, revised 2006, 2011, 2015
Reviewed 2025
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