Pval/legal question

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

Actually, they might be able to get access to his medical records, thanks to the HIPAA regs and the oh-so-lovely Patriot Act. Here's a link on it; it's kind of scary reading:

http://www.aclu.org/privacy/medical/...s20030530.html

Essentially, if the Attorney General suspects he might have violated the law by using drugs (not prove it, just suspect him of it) the authorities have the legal right to look at his records without a warrant. Great, huh?

Yeah, I guess you're right. I guess people better not check themselves into drug treatment centers. Due to the Patriot Act, the government will get a list of people in drug treatment centers and have them arrested for drug use. LOL. Thanks for the heads-up on that.