It seems that, in the PAC-12, only UO General Counsel Kevin Reed is willing to claim that these numbers are protected by HIPAA. NYTimes report and data here:
Ducks won’t give Covid numbers to the NYT
It seems that, in the PAC-12, only UO General Counsel Kevin Reed is willing to claim that these numbers are protected by HIPAA. NYTimes report and data here:
Not legally required. Got a problem take it up with legislators Harbaugh.
No, it’s not legally required. Nor is legally required to be a good neighbor. Then again, if they wish to cling to that space only within the law, they’d best never, ever leave it.
If I remember correctly Oregon has a state government open records law that is something like: anything that is not protected is a public record. Since the other PAC-12 schools cannot blame Federal privacy law like HIPAA and FERPA I would think that it is actually a disclosure required by Oregon law and of public interest.
If we don’t report the cases, there will will be fewer cases [reported].