Are doctors obligated to tell parents?
No. Your right to privacy is protected by the California Constitution and state law! Your health care provider cannot tell your parents that you took a pregnancy or STD test, that you are pregnant, or that you got an abortion without getting your written permission first.
Can doctors tell family members?
Yes. The HIPAA Privacy Rule at 45 CFR 164.510(b) specifically permits covered entities to share information that is directly relevant to the involvement of a spouse, family members, friends, or other persons identified by a patient, in the patient’s care or payment for health care.
When can the government override a parent’s medical decision in the US?
If the child’s parents are not acting in the best interest of their welfare, the state can override parental decisions. At the end of the day, the child’s life is the primary concern. A parent can face loss of custody or criminal charges for failing to provide the necessary medical care for their child.
Can my family doctor tell my parents?
Will my parents find out? A doctor or health care provider can’t talk with your parents or guardian about your medical care unless you agree (but there are exceptions, see below). If you are considered capable of making your own medical decisions, then you have a right to doctor-patient confidentiality.
Can parents keep medical information from their children?
As you might expect, California has many laws that impact parents’ ability to obtain their child’s medical records. The most general provision is located in California Family Code § 3025, which provides rights, even to noncustodial parents, to a child’s “medical, dental, and school records.”
Can parents hide medical records?
Answer: 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.
Can doctors record patients without consent?
Information disclosed during a consultation is confidential to the patient, and a covert recording is not therefore a breach of confidentiality. Patients should therefore seek a doctor’s agreement to make a recording. Where a patient makes a recording without permission, doctors have no legal redress.
Can doctors disclose medical information?
Medical ethics rules, state laws, and the federal law known as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), generally require doctors and their staff to keep patients’ medical records confidential unless the patient allows the doctor’s office to disclose them.
When does a doctor have to disclose information to a family?
HIPAA does permit doctors to disclose information to family when a patient is incapacitated or otherwise unable to consent to the disclosure. If you think your parent might be incapacitated by cognitive decline, delirium, or another medical problem, ask the doctor to consider this.
Should you force your child to become a doctor?
Forcing your child to become a doctor might turn out to be the worst parenting decision you ever made.
How can I convince my daughter to study medicine?
If you are a parent and your child desperately wants to study medicine, the greatest favour you could do her is help her distinguish between a job and a vocation. On the other hand, if your reluctant child has a parent who desperately wants him to study medicine, step back for a moment and consider the statistics.
Do you care about your child’s problems?
As someone who cares for children every day, you are in a unique position to notice when a child may be experiencing problems. Sharing your concerns respectfully with parents shows that you really care about their child. Even if a parent seems to resist your efforts at first, they will most likely be grateful later for your concern.