Tim Frank, the NBA's Vice President of Basketball Communications, says that the league has not instituted an anti-handshake rule.

J.E. Skeets of Yahoo! Sports tweeted the news following an earlier report of an implemented rule as a precaution for the H1N1 virus.

"...Tim Frank, NBA VP of Basketball Communications: "[The Boston Herald's] story [about H1N1 anti-handshake rule] is not true," Skeets wrote.