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Drugs + Pregnancy = Prison in Alabama | 21 comments (21 topical)

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Would the HIPAA law apply? (5.00 / 1) (#10)
by clio on Sat Mar 15, 2008 at 03:40:26 PM EST
I can't get medical records when we leave the doctor's office for my mother who is demented - because she can no longer sigh a valid release due to the dementia.

In this case the docs mail the records to my mother's home where I open the mail, but the law only allows mailing to confirmed address of the patient, AFAIK.

However, HIPAA has lots of exceptions.  So many, in fact, that the only people who cannot easily access medical records are doctors and their patients.  The law does say that confidential information can be disclosed to law enforcement to "prevent abuse" as defined under local laws.

Would be an interesting project for some law school class to research, if any of them are interested women's rights.

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Drugs + Pregnancy = Prison in Alabama | 21 comments (21 topical)

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