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A Certified Personal Trainer is overheard discussing body composition information about a specific high profile client with his friends. Which law concerning the safety and security of private…
The correct answer is A. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Sharing a client's private health information - such as body composition data - with unauthorized individuals violates HIPAA's Privacy Rule, which protects individually identifiable health information.
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A Certified Personal Trainer is overheard discussing body composition information about a specific high profile client with his friends. Which law concerning the safety and security of private records has the Certified Personal Trainer violated?
Options
- AHealth Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
- BHealth and Fitness Privacy Act (HAFPA)
- CFederal Fitness Information Privacy Act (FFIPA)
- DFederal Accountability of Health Professionals Act (FAHPA)
How the community answered
(46 responses)- A80% (37)
- B11% (5)
- C7% (3)
- D2% (1)
Why each option
Sharing a client's private health information - such as body composition data - with unauthorized individuals violates HIPAA's Privacy Rule, which protects individually identifiable health information.
HIPAA's Privacy Rule protects individually identifiable health information, which includes body composition measurements associated with a specific client. Disclosing such information to unauthorized persons such as personal friends without client consent constitutes a clear HIPAA violation. As a fitness professional handling health-related data, the trainer is obligated to safeguard client information in accordance with HIPAA requirements.
The Health and Fitness Privacy Act (HAFPA) is not a real federal law and does not exist as a legal statute governing health information privacy.
The Federal Fitness Information Privacy Act (FFIPA) is a fabricated law that does not exist in federal or state legislative records.
The Federal Accountability of Health Professionals Act (FAHPA) is not a real law and has no legal standing in the United States.
Concept tested: HIPAA Privacy Rule and client health data protection
Source: https://www.hhs.gov/hipaa/for-professionals/privacy/index.html
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