College of Dentistry: HIPAA & OSHA

If you have already read the instructions below, you can directly go to Learning Mangement System (LMS) or the UIC Environmental Health and Safety web site.

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) contains regulations that govern privacy, security and electronic transactions standards for Protected Health Information (PHI). These regulations became effective April 14, 2003, and require that all members of the University-covered entity complete job-specific training. OSHA also requires annual training for all employees.

Your training program has been customized based on your job classification, and your patient contact status.

Since College of Dentistry certification is independent from the Medical Center's, residents and faculty with Hospital Privilages are required to complete this training in addition to those required by the Medical Center.

You can complete your training using the UIC online Environmental Health and Safety courses.

Get your ID and Password

Your email before @uic.edu. Example: jdoe@uic.edu yields a Net ID of jdoe

Your ACCC Common Password used to access UIC Webmail, NESSIE or the hospital network.

Access the Learning Mangement System.

Click on To Do List from the menu tab at the top-left hand side of the page.

Click on the title of the assigned course(s) to access all of your mandatory courses.

A comprehensive instruction manual from Learning Management System is available here.

If you need a transcript of your completed courses, you may log into the LMS website, then click "Records/Transcripts".

Instructions are available here. (Keep in mind that for College of Dentistry compliance tracking purposes, it is not necessary that you print any transcripts, as tracking occurs electronically.)

If you are having difficulty accessing/completing this training, please contact the Medical Center LMS Helpdesk at 312-996-8393 (staffed Monday through Friday 8:00 am – 4:30 pm, with 24 hr voicemail) or mclms@uic.edu.

Protected Health Information is individually identifiable health information that is created or received by a health care provider, health plan, employer or health care clearinghouse. Such information relates to the past, present or future physical health, mental health or condition of an individual.

Health information that includes any of the following identifiers is considered PHI: name; address (includes street address, city, county, zip code); name of relatives; name of employers; e-mail address; telephone number; fax number; birthdate; finger or voice prints; photographic images; social security number; internet protocol (IP) address; any vehicle or device serial number; health plan beneficiary number; account number; certificate/license number; web url; any other unique identifying number, characteristic or code.