Training

Training

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Who Needs It?

All employees of the following organizational units are required to have HIPAA privacy and security training:

  • Livingston County Health Department (Personal Health Division but excluding the Environmental Health Division)
  • Livingston County Emergency Medical Services Department
  • Livingston County Sheriff’s Office, Jail Division
  • Livingston County Human Resources Department (Employee Health Benefits)
  • Livingston County Information Technology Department
  • Livingston County Dispatch Center
At the direction of department privacy officials, county employees from other units who regularly frequent areas occupied by these departments, such as facilities drivers, painters, electricians, etc. may be required to take HIPAA training.
 
Note that the term here, “employees” is also meant to include all contractors, students, interns, volunteers, etc., who frequent a work area for any purpose when that work area is normally occupied by county employees of these units.