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HIPAA has become a bit of a buzzword recently for people concerned about their vaccination status becoming public. 

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According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, “The Privacy Rule does not protect your employment records, even if the information in those records is health-related. In most cases, the Privacy Rule does not apply to the actions of an employer.” 

This is the reason that your employer can ask you for a doctor’s note or other health information. It would only be a violation of HIPAA for your doctor to reveal health information directly to your boss, but your employer is well within their rights to ask you for that information. 

HIPAA is about protecting you from breaches of security — intentional or not — by your health care provider, not from questions about your vaccination status by your employer or other individuals.

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