HIPAA RES-301 Uses and Disclosures of Protected Health Information for Research Purposes

Federal and state regulations govern the protection of human subjects in research. While these regulations provide for some patient confidentiality protections, the HIPAA Privacy Rule adds additional privacy protections for human subjects and establishes the conditions under which protected health information (“PHI”) may be used or disclosed
by the University of Southern California (USC) for research purposes.

HIPAA CLIN-203 Special Privacy Considerations

USC recognizes that federal and California law require that certain categories of patient’s Protected Health Information receive additional privacy protections.

HIPAA CLIN-202 Personal Representatives of Patients

A patient’s “Personal Representative” is the person who has the authority, under California law, to make health care decisions on behalf of the patient. Although there are exceptions, in general a person who has the capacity to make his or her
own health care decisions does not have a Personal Representative.