Does anyone know anything about police access to medical records?

Answer 1

by the tems of the law police only have access if the person is either accused ,charged or convicted of a specific offence and then only with a court order a doctor can refuse access under patient privelage rules .

Answer 2

Under the "Privacy of Information" Act Police cannot access Medical information. That is why you sign all those forms at the Doctors Office or Hospital. Information between Doctor and Patient is "privileged"....It would take a very compelling reason for a Judge to issue an order or warrant to access medical records.

Answer 3

Police Access To Medical And Other Records? -- https://backgroundreports.im/

Answer 4

Only what the British Medical Association has said:
The British Medical Association last night warned that patients will be given no choice over whether their medical history is downloaded onto Spine.
Patients will only be able to object once the information has been stored. An on-screen 'flag' could then be added to their records, but this could still be over-ridden.
The Department of Health has also insisted that individuals would be able to 'hide' certain information in liaison with their GP in the form of computerised 'sealed envelopes' to prevent them from being seen by a wide audience.
But critics point out that no such software is currently in existence and the 'seal' could still be broken in certain circumstances against a patient's wishes.
Further safeguards, which would allow all patients to check the accuracy of their records online, have also failed to materialise.
Under the plans, NHS staff will have varied levels of access to the data from around 30,000 terminals in Britain. Doctors and other medical staff will be given the highest clearance, but medical firms and social workers will also be free to see some information.
Department of Health advisor Harry Cayton has warned that the police and immigration services are placing "considerable pressure to obtain access to the data."
At present, police can persuade GPs to divulge facts about their patients or insist on a court order. But under the new system, data would be disclosed centrally and anonymously at the touch of a button.
A spokesman for Connecting for Health, which is overseeing the multi-billion pound project, said that NHS staff are already required to hand over information if a serious crime has been committed or national security is at risk.
The plans, which are part of the Government's disaster-prone £20billion NHS IT programme, have been branded 'data rape' by civil liberty campaigners.
They warn that the police and other Government agencies will be able to plunder cradle-to-grave medical records by claiming it is in the 'public interest'.
At the moment, around 50million confidential patient files are held on paper by GP practices. But these will soon be automatically loaded onto a single computer called 'Spine'.
Once this data has been stored, around 250,000 health workers will be able to access the files from any part of the country using pin-coded smart cards.

Answer 5

HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) is a Federal law that prohibits ANYONE from accessing your medical records without a signed release of information specifying that the individual can access them.

There are a couple of exceptions:

1. if your doctor has reason to believe you may be a harm to yourself or others.

2. if a court order demands the records be released

In the case of number 2 - the COURT would be given your records, not the police directly.

Answer 6

It was on the news that the Police will have access to personal medical records yes ... further than that, ie. when this came in/will come in etc. I do not know.
UNITED KINGDOM ... no idea of the States.

Answer 7

Medical Records are confidential. If the police wanted to look at yours, they would either have to have your permission or go to a judge and have a good enough reason to get a subpoena issued for them.

Answer 8

any police officer can only gain access to someones medical records if that person has signed a form saying they have given the police permission to do so.

basically, if u say no, they cant get access.

Hope that helps

Answer 9

lower than HIPPA...the Police do have get good of entry to for your information in the journey that your in custody..or there's a criminal study.. if there is a few direct link that calls for sorting out ,or some variety of lab help (and a time line as to how far/what) they don't ought to have your Dr's consent. This does'nt mean that your community Police can purely review your medical information only for s&g's.

Answer 10

Law enforcement officials need a subpoena or a warrant. Below is a link to the entire page that will describe anything that can released and why it can be released to law enforcement officials. Also note there is another exception that includes administrative subpoenas. Administrative subpoenas are not authorized by a Judge or a Magistrate.