I'm a prenursing student and a mom. A friend of mine just was told that due to new HIPPA laws, she could not go into the physical exam room with her 12 year old son. Is this a new law? Or did the person at the Doctor's office stretch the truth.
I know that for years, people at the Doctor's offices have tried to keep parents out, but the kid has always been allowed to say that they want their parent present.
Does anyone have a link to the change to HIPPA that just must have occurred?
This makes no sense to me, because, as an adult , I can choose to have my husband, boyfriend, child, girlfriend or mom in the exam room with me. Why would a child be forced to go alone?
Please shed some light on this situation for me.