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By MikeSouth
October 13th, 2010

Which leads to a question a LOT of people are asking. IF AIM won't release the name of the positive performer what good is AIM?


What an idiot. There is a federal law by the name of HIPAA that forbids AIM from releasing the name of the HIV+ performer (assuming AIM did the test). Darren James taught AIM a very expensive lesson that HIPAA has teeth.

Anyone else who took over AIM's function would also fall under HIPAA rules.







HIPAA rules are so restrictive that if your sister/cousin/uncle, etc is in the hospital, and you call asking about them, or ask to speak to them on the phone, they are not legally allowed to even confirm that the person you're asking for is even in the hospital. Many will, but under HIPAA it's not legal to do so. So if the law is this restrictive, do you think AIM's medical staff or legal staff is going to let them release a public list? Not a chance.