If your child is ill or is receiving psychiatric services at the college you are not entitled to see those records either.
When is there going to be a parent’s bill of rights when it comes to shelling out exorbitant amounts of money for tuition and then being simply told to get lost for the entire time the student is attending that college.
That’s HIPAA regulations, medical information can’t be distributed without patient permission. Whether or not the person is even a patient is privileged information. The same law that keeps you from finding out if your kid is receiving psychiatric care also keeps your boss from finding out if you’re seeing a shrink.
Even outside of the college realm, I cannot see my daughter’s medical records, although she is on my health insurance, and I pay the co-pays and deductibles. All the insurance explanation of benefits are mailed to her.