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    HIPPA & Applicant Drug Screen

    Let me start by clarifying a point. My company nor I have never required or even suggested a physician reveal an applicant's medication. This applicant called her doctor and asked him to get involved. When he called me and offered to fax her med list to me, I declined to receive it and never...
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    HIPPA & Applicant Drug Screen

    Yes, that's so, but can they write you up specifically for a HIPPA violation without stating what the violation was or when in the process it occurred. Last time I got a traffic ticket, the officer told me what regulation I broke, where it occurred and a few other items before issuing a citation.
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    HIPPA & Applicant Drug Screen

    HHRecruiter I see your point and believe me I've looked at this situation a 100 ways from Sunday. I accept I can be written up by my employer if that's their desire. My goal is to find out if this is really a violation of HIPPA regulations, and why so I don't get back into this situation...
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    HIPPA & Applicant Drug Screen

    I'm employed by a Healthcare company with headquarters in Texas, but I'm assigned to and work everyday out of a field office in Louisiana. I pay Louisiana state income taxes. Recently, I asked an applicant to take a drug screen as part of the company's screening process. We were interested...
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