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Did the patient consent to having his picture published? If not, isn't a HIPPA violation? --Leuko 19:30, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

Only if the photographer is a covered entity. Since I'm not an employee of the ambulance service, the hospital, or any health insurer, HIPPA doesn't apply. I was merely a third party taking a photograph at a distance in my capacity as a private citizen in a place generally open to the public (the Mt. Rose ski resort). There is no reasonable expectation of privacy in one's identity when one voluntarily appears in public. --Coolcaesar 01:47, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

Tell that to the woman that wrote a complaint letter that said we (the ambulance service) carried her outside to the ambulance, where all her neighbors could see her. :-/ Anyways, thanks for the explanation, just curious, since they beat us over the head with HIPPA, and it's silly really. Leuko 02:09, 3 August 2006 (UTC)