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LadyGreyIcedTea t1_j677yil wrote

Adolescents have certain privacy rights. All the patient portals I'm familiar with as a pediatric nurse block parents from being able to see their teenagers' medication lists in case they are on something like birth control that they don't want their parents to know if. This happens even in cases where the teenager is severely developmentally disabled and cognitively at the level of an infant.

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Lagomorph-dreams OP t1_j68ws1j wrote

Thank you- by reading the law, I’m surprised at the lack of clarity and that no parent advocacy groups have tried to sue or otherwise take legal action to grant access.

I think what I am looking for is the clear verbiage stating why/how all access is limited- some document that is given to parents explaining it.

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Lagomorph-dreams OP t1_j68wuni wrote

Thank you- by reading the law, I’m surprised at the lack of clarity and that no parent advocacy groups have tried to sue or otherwise take legal action to grant access.

I think what I am looking for is the clear verbiage stating why/how all access is limited- some document that is given to parents explaining it.

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Skincare_Addict_ t1_j6ida5r wrote

It’s basically so that adolescents can get birth control without crazy religious parents interfering. There are other reasons but that’s the primary situation that this helps.

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