eldirector
Grandmaster
A week or so ago, my elementary-aged kid brought home a permission slip for a 3rd party hearing screening at her school. I declined, and she returned the slip. Turns out, they administered the screening anyway, even after she reminded them that I had declined. Not just didn't give permission (eg: not returning the slip), but specifically declining (eg: they explicitly do not have permission).
I am rather pissed, on several levels:
- they went against my wishes
- they performed a medical screening against my wishes
- they used a 3rd party, who now has both a medical and education record for my child
- the school now has this medical record in their file
- the teacher actually told my kid to "stop fibbing" when she said we had declined, and forced her to be screened (I was annoyed with the above, but this sends me over the moon)
I work with FERPA protected information almost every day. My wife worked with HIPPA protected information for more than a decade. We are both pretty well versed in those laws. I'm doing some research to see where exactly this falls. Not like I want to take this to the Supreme Court or anything, but I am rather annoyed.
So, to the INGO collective... am I overreacting? Under-reacting? Just right?
And just as I post, an update:
Turns out the secretary didn't keep track of accept/decline. I have been assured the information would be removed by the school and the 3rd party. This impacted more than just my family.
I am rather pissed, on several levels:
- they went against my wishes
- they performed a medical screening against my wishes
- they used a 3rd party, who now has both a medical and education record for my child
- the school now has this medical record in their file
- the teacher actually told my kid to "stop fibbing" when she said we had declined, and forced her to be screened (I was annoyed with the above, but this sends me over the moon)
I work with FERPA protected information almost every day. My wife worked with HIPPA protected information for more than a decade. We are both pretty well versed in those laws. I'm doing some research to see where exactly this falls. Not like I want to take this to the Supreme Court or anything, but I am rather annoyed.
So, to the INGO collective... am I overreacting? Under-reacting? Just right?
And just as I post, an update:
Turns out the secretary didn't keep track of accept/decline. I have been assured the information would be removed by the school and the 3rd party. This impacted more than just my family.