Denver bar requiring proof of vaccination
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Isn't just the act of asking a HIPAA violation?
HIPAA concerns a duty of care over the information of others, not your own information. Then again, if it is recorded anywhere, it might constitute a medical record, and a publicly known stance of only allowing vaccinated people entry + allowing people to see you in the bar might equal disclosure.
Don't take my word for it, though. I'm not a lawyer.
Something I've wondered about where I work (which is regulated under HIPAA): they require a temperature check when you go in the door and put a sticker on your clothing when this is done. If you're recorded on the surveillance cameras and the sticker is visible, is that surveillance footage PHI since it contains a record of an identifiable person and a record that their temperature was below some threshold on a particular day?
Not that I'd expect them to give me a good answer if I asked