Student confidentiality training protects student privacy

Student confidentiality training will help you protect student privacy rights while shielding your school from possible lawsuits for violating those rights.

There are two federal laws that govern student confidentiality: The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, which protects student education records and The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, which protects the confidentiality of medical information.

Coastal Training Technologies, a leading Schools trainer, offers valuable student confidentiality training programs that will help you understand and comply with both acts. Student Confidentiality: The FERPA/HIPAA Facts provides comprehensive information on how school personnel should handle all student records and maintain their confidentiality, releasing them only with prior consent of parents or under limited conditions specified by law. It also explains the rules for the use and disclosure of Protected Health Information that pertains to school employees, including personnel at student health centers and nurses. Coastal also offers programs specifically geared to HIPAA, including HIPAA: Privacy Compliance and HIPAA Privacy: Compliance Scenarios.

You can use these student confidentiality training programs to instruct your staff on the steps they must take to comply with the FERPA and HIPAA acts. And remember, failure to do so can make your school system liable for releasing private information about students.