Why Do I Need a HIPPA Form for My College Student?
If your child is no longer a minor, you might not be able to help your college-aged child if they get sick or injured. Below is how to obtain a HIPAA Form in order for you to help your child when they need you most. The other two forms are additionally useful.
It’s every parent’s bad dream: the middle of the night phone call letting you know that your child has been in a terrible accident and is going to the hospital. Frenzied, you get ready to leave to go be with your child as you’re calling the hospital to find out what’s happening.
And the nurse at the hospital says she is unable to give you any information because of HIPPA regulations.
From the laws point of view, your college-aged child– the one that texted last week asking how to make meatballs – is no longer a minor and legally, you are unable to get any medical information concerning your child or to making any medical decisions concerning your child without their permission.
How to Devise a HIPAA Form for Your College-Aged Child
That’s the reason, as you and your child are joyfully shopping for bedding and dorm necessities, you also should take the time to complete a HIPAA Privacy Authorization Form, also referred to as a HIPAA Release form. This form permits you to receive information concerning your child’s health.
Where to Keep Your HIPAA Form
It’s wise to have two copies: one copy that your student takes with them to college to present to the school’s health center or an area doctor and one copy that you keep at home just in case the original form can’t be located when needed.
Other Useful Forms
You might also want to go ahead and complete 2 additional forms.
- Medical Power of Attorney. The MPOA form differs by state and is typically related to aging parents, but your college student is required to have one too. This form permits you to make medical decisions for your student should they be unable to do so on their own. In Georgia, the form is a grim matter that requires both of you to contemplate about all sorts of things you aren’t going to want to think about. But it’s vital to get it signed should the unimaginable happens and your child is debilitated. You can locate the form for the state you live in– and the state in which your child is going to be attending school – here. Complete each of the forms to avoid doubt later.
- Durable Power of Attorney. The DPOA form enables you to sign financial documentation for your child, manage their tax returns and handle more everyday tasks like vehicle registration.
Feasibly, you and your child are going to never have to use these documents. But if an emergency situation does come up, having these documents on hand is going to help make a horrible situation a little less burdensome.
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Rambler, K. K. | M. (2019, August 23). Here’s why a HIPPA form must be on your college student’s packing list. Midlife Rambler. Retrieved February 28, 2022, from https://www.midliferambler.com/dont-leave-college-without-three-important-forms/
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