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izora
at Wed Nov 15 00:29:50 2006 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by izora ]
Here in Indiana and this is very close to home for me as I've just had to deal with a whole slew of health board employees releasing my own personal information. It is in direct violation of any one persons personal rights and I am having a hard time remembering the exact phrase they use to explain it, but it sounds like hepa rights. It's basically a privacy act they have to follow concerning patients. Where they can't release exact treatment, they can confirm that a person was in the hospital due to a venomous snake bite, however they can't disclose what treatments they used, what the persons name is without consent, or any identifiable remarks that will obviously tell the public who the person was. I went threw this with a health scare they attempted to blame on my snake. They released my information concerning my own health to my company, then I volunteered to have my snake tested for the same issue, and they were only allowed to release his information to me, as he wasn't an employee lol Frosty is on no payroles yet, but they released my pets information to my company three days before they released it to me. Granted I understand it put my company at ease because Frosty was proven to not be the cause, but still yet, they directly violated my rights, Frosty's health fell under my rights as he was tested threw a human facility and not a veterinary facility as it was.
Long story short, they may have, but being as they have released his name, more than likely, he signed that release.
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RE: IL Press x2: Snake-bitten loses Pets - izora, Wed Nov 15 00:29:50 2006