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Old Jul 5, 2013 | 11:47 am
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El Cochinito
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Originally Posted by G_Wolf
From the TSA's "Special Needs Memo" (dated September 25, 2006), which is no longer found on their website, amongst the medical liquids permitted are:

Regarding the specific medical conditions:

There's no requirement to disclose or even discuss the specific medical conditions that require any medical liquids. Furthermore, on a practical level it's a violation of privacy; on a legal level, I suppose since they're federal employees it could be construed as a violation of Title II of HIPAA for them to discuss it with the traveler.
The TSA is not a covered entity relative to HIPAA therefore HIPAA security and privacy regulations are not applicable here.
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