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Originally Posted by blueash
The purpose of a vaccine passport would be to have a form you could provide to document that you have been vaccinated. No one would be required to have such a passport just as no one is required to have a US Passport now, unless you wish to partake in an activity where such a document is required, like take a cruise to Europe. If you show up at the cruise terminal without your passport you are refused boarding even if you have a driver's license or a school ID with your photo. A real passport is what they need to see. Don't want to cruise, don't get a passport.
Similarly if a business wants to see proof you are immunized to accept you as a customer it could be in many forms. You might just have to say "I had my shots" That wouldn't be a passport but does require that you voluntarily disclose your own health care information. No HIPAA violation. Or a business might not accept your word and want a note from your doctor which she writes but you provide. Again disclosing protected health information with your ok. No HIPAA violation. Or the business might require a form from the government agency that provided and likely paid for your shots. That is one form a Vaccine passport might take. Again you okayed the information being given to the business and you authorized the government to print your passport, and you likely sent the govt your information so it could print the passport, just like your US passport required you to provide information to the govt to print it.
So my comment is correct. There is no HIPAA violation in a Vaccine Passport. You are disclosing your own vaccine status. No third party is disclosing your status without your consent which exactly what HIPAA prohibits. A business requiring proof of vaccination is not a HIPAA violation. "No passport no service" Your providing your own vaccine status is not a HIPAA violation.
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Nope... The lead (trial) balloon being floated is to REQURE the Vaccine Passport for use...
Can you imagine the outcry if you had to prove you HIV status or whether or not you had Hep B? Why is this any different?
Now, if you want to offer that info, more power to you. Others may not feel the same and should not be required to do so...