HIPAA and Minor Volunteers

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Hello all,

Does anyone know what the law is for holding underage (17yo) volunteers responsible for HIPAA when they are working with PHI? Our IT has some concerns and I'd like to see the guidance on this to know for sure. Should we have her parents also sign a confidentiality statement?

I am the HIPAA trainer at our clinic, but I have not seen anything addressing this.

Thanks in advance!

What is your concern with doing BP checks and basic scrubbing? She's 2 months away from 18 and will have the same liability as any adult. I can't imagine anything changing too much with her maturity or ability to learn in the next 2 months.

Ah, yes, but she doesn't have it now.

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