Federal Privacy of Medical Information Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Federal Privacy of Medical Information Act - States the purposes of this Act to be: (1) to establish procedures allowing patients to inspect and amend medical information about them; (2) to define the circumstances under which individually identifiable medical information may be disclosed with or without patient consent; and (3) to make it a crime to request or obtain medical information from medical care facilities under false pretenses. Title I: Privacy of Medical Information - Part A - Definitions, Effect on Other Law, and Rights of Minors and Incompetents - Defines "accounting", with regard to medical information disclosure, as the recording of the date, nature, and purpose of such disclosure; and the name and business address of the person to whom the disclosure was made. Defines "aggravated property destruction" as property damage (in excess of $500) causing a significant impairment of use. Defines "audit" as an evaluation relating to: (1) the applicability of legal, medical, fiscal, or scientific standards; (2) the licensing or certification of medical facilities or personnel; or (3) medical peer review. Defines "employee" to include students or faculty members of a school a…