Hippa At Camp

Excellent question...can't wait to see the posts on this. I would think it would be an open book as far as the campers themselves, but for staff and counselors it should be different. If the illness interferes somehow with their job duties or function then would it be a policy to report it to the director ?

I don't see why the director would have to know the details of staff illnesses. It should be enough if the nurse says "Yes, s/he needs to see the doctor." As for STIs--absolutely not, the director should not know. Every year at least one of our staff thinks she's pregnant, and I've never seen any reason to tell the director.

I don't think whether the staff member is an international should make any difference, but maybe there's some aspect to the story I'm not thinking of?

One thing I can think of that I do tell the director is if I have reason to think that the staff member is not really sick, but rather trying to get out of work or homesick (happens fairly often). (Not that it's not OK and real to be homesick--but it in that case, the director can do a lot of good talking to them. And the director never comes in and says "The nurse thinks you're just homesick"--she will simply come in and start a conversation and lead it in the direction.)

does HIPPA apply to camps too? Is every state the same? Is there a web site on this?

HIPPA is a Federal compliance issue, so it is the same nationwide.