And just in case if anyone was curious as to whether or not they're healthcare privacy was protected under hipaa laws from law enforcement, the answer would be... wait for it.. drum roll please....(insert drum roll onomatopoeia here)...HELL to the NO!
errrrrrrrrrnt. wrong.
in only six cases can LE get at your individual medical records:
(1) as required by law (including court orders, court-ordered warrants, subpoenas)
(2) to identify or locate a suspect, fugitive, material witness, or missing person
(3) in response to a law enforcement official’s request for information about a victim or suspected victim of a crime
(4) to alert law enforcement of a person’s death, if the covered entity suspects that criminal activity caused the death
(5) when a covered entity believes that protected health information is evidence of a crime that occurred on its premises
(6) by a covered health care provider in a medical emergency not occurring on its premises, when necessary to inform law enforcement about the commission and nature of a crime, the location of
the crime or crime victims, and the perpetrator of the crime
source:
http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/understanding/summary/privacysummary.pdf
of course, medical records can be illegally obtained by anyone who knows how; but if used against you, would be thrown out in court as evidence immediately.
tricomb said:
Wait what? If anyone has any serious information like sources backing up this "Gear" whatever-the-fuck, please post it because this threads getting closed otherwise, it's pure speculation. I feel for you OP, as a chronic pain patient, but these questions are not Other Drugs material, so it's closure is inevitable.
I, too would like to see some evidence or information sources backing this claim, as I just spent over an hour digging through the internet, and couldn't even find anything RELATED to any sort of "pharmacy gear report."
