<p>At my D’s school ( I assume at every school) forms have to be signed every year in order for me to have access to her records or for them to be able to contact me in case of emergency.</p>
<p>Is there a standard form that people use? I can’t find one on the school website.</p>
<p>Contact the school. If you use a form other than theirs, they may not recognize it & then what would be the point? For us, we only had to do it once for each kid when they entered school. Had to do one for the school in general and one for HIPPA for medical records. Never had to do another the entire time both kids were attending their respective Us. The school should be able to get you a hard copy or email an electronic form. YOUR KID has to sign to authorize you to view the records & could revoke authorization.</p>
<p>Here you go: <a href=“http://www.caring.com/forms/hipaa-release-form/free-hipaa-release-form.pdf[/url]”>http://www.caring.com/forms/hipaa-release-form/free-hipaa-release-form.pdf</a></p>
<p>Hmmm…at our kids’ schools, THEY had to sign the form allowing us to speak to whomever. BUT this did not entitle us to specific medical information about ANY incident. A HIPPA privacy release was given to the kids every time they went to the health center (just like we get at the doctor) and if they didn’t put us on it for THAT thing, the health center would not talk to us about THAT visit.</p>
<p>Guess you’re right. I did have trouble prying info from the health center so that I could share it with D’s doctor so she could have it interpreted & have the HI doc write a note on D’s behalf. D had to manually go to the Health Center & pick up the document & get it over to us, even tho she has signed health forms for us when she enrolled at her U. Not sure what good that ever did for us.</p>
<p>Have not had problems accessing the rest – financial & academic info once she & S authorized us as a guest, could access those records for their duration at the U.</p>
<p>I was able to talk to the health service folks when I received a bill and I thought it was not accurate. Because my kiddo signed the “general” release, they were able to talk to me about the bill. They would NOT talk to me about the specific treatment (actually I didn’t ask because I didn’t need to know).</p>
<p>When my daughter was admitted to a hospital, she had to list EVERY single person we thought might need to talk to the doctors (we were 3000 miles away) including us. We sent her a lengthy list on her smart phone and she listed everyone. We just didn’t really know who was going to be able to get there quickly. If she hadn’t specifically named someone, the medical staff would not have talked to them. Also, in the end a family relative stayed with her in the hospital. The hospital would NOT have allowed that without her consent first.</p>