United States Fourth Circuit

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) does not unconstitutionally delegate legislative function. Regulations promulgated pursuant to the HIPAA are not beyond the scope of the congressional grant of authority, and are not impermissibly vague.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/25/2003
• Published 04/25/2003

Judges

• Before WILKINS, Chief Judge, and TRAXLER and GREGORY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:Terry Edward Richardson, Jr., Richardson, Patrick, Westbrook & Brickman, L.L.C., Barnwell, South Carolina, for Appellants.   Alex Michael Azar, II, U.S. Department Of Health & Human Services, Washington, D.C., for Appellees. ON BRIEF:  Daniel S. Haltiwanger, Richardson, Patrick, Westbrook & Brickman, L.L.C., Barnwell, South Carolina, for Appellants.  Robert D. McCallum, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, J. Strom Thurmond, Jr., United States Attorney, Mark B. Stern, Charles W. Scarborough, Sambhav N. Sankar, Appellate Staff, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Appellees.