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Originally Posted by Richard
I'm not sure why anyone thinks this is a problem.
As a school, we required such information for any students requiring special medical attention, treatements, or provisions to be kept on file with our school nurse and managed under HIPAA guidelines - she maintained the finite health files and we had a 'sanitized' version outlining the generic needs of the student in the student's administrative file for confidential access and use by staff and faculty. The nurse was also available to provide greater guidance to staff and faculty regarding a student's health needs when necessary.
It is not a big deal to manage - unless somebody violates it - and is an important part of a school making informed decisions in its efforts to support students, staff, and faculty with identified health or learning issues.
Richard
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As always seems to be the norm, you've shed light for me Richard. I do tend to miss the otherside's point of view sometimes.