Module GLP-38 · Version 1.0
Laboratory Ethics, Privacy, and Healthcare Compliance
A module on laboratory ethics, privacy, and healthcare compliance for medical laboratory professionals. Learners work through a pressured, after-hours specimen result to practice a five-question ethics frame, HIPAA minimum necessary and security principles, and the laboratory chain of command, then examine correcting records, proficiency testing integrity, billing and coding fraud risk, and retaliation protections under federal law and professional codes.
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Who this module is for
Medical laboratory scientists, medical laboratory technicians, and laboratory trainees who release results, handle protected health information, and face compliance-sensitive decisions on the bench.
Learning objectives
- Distinguish ethical duties, law and regulation, accreditation standards, professional codes, and organizational policy.
- Apply minimum-necessary access, secure communication, and accurate-record principles to a bench request.
- Recognize conflicts of interest, falsification, billing and coding concerns, unauthorized testing, research boundaries, and retaliation risks.
How completion works
Mark every required section done and answer every knowledge check in those sections correctly. The final save completes the module automatically.
Sources
14 sources
1. HHS Office for Civil Rights, "Minimum Necessary Requirement," HIPAA Privacy Rule guidance, 45 CFR 164.502(b) and 164.514(d)
Source note · federal regulation
2. HHS Office for Civil Rights, "The Security Rule," 45 CFR 164.308, 164.310, 164.312
Source note · federal regulation
3. HHS, "Your Medical Records" and Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information (regulation text), 45 CFR 164.526
Source note · federal regulation
4. HHS Office for Civil Rights, "Breach Notification Rule," 45 CFR 164.400-164.414
Source note · federal regulation
5. 42 CFR 493.1445, Standard: Laboratory director responsibilities (high complexity testing), Code of Federal Regulations
Source note · federal regulation
6. 42 CFR 493.801, Condition: Enrollment and testing of samples (proficiency testing referral prohibition)
Source note · federal regulation
7. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, "Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) - Competency Assessment," referencing 42 CFR 493.1235, 493.1451, 493.1495
Source note · federal regulation
8. American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science, "Code of Ethics"
Source note · professional society guidance
9. American Society for Clinical Pathology, Board of Certification, "Credential Holder Code of Conduct"
Source note · professional society guidance
10. HHS Office of Inspector General, "Fraud & Abuse Laws" (False Claims Act, Anti-Kickback Statute, medical necessity guidance)
Source note · federal regulation
11. 42 U.S.C. 1320a-7b, Criminal penalties for acts involving federal health care programs (Anti-Kickback Statute)
Source note · federal regulation
12. 31 U.S.C. 3730(h), False Claims Act civil action for retaliation
Source note · federal regulation
13. HHS Office for Human Research Protections, "45 CFR 46 - Regulations" (Common Rule), including 46.116(c)(8)
Source note · federal regulation
14. National Human Genome Research Institute, "Genetic Discrimination" (GINA of 2008 overview)
Source note · federal regulation