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Reports
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Statutes
Statutory Confidentiality Protection of Research Data
- Subject: Statutory Confidentiality Protection of Identifiable Research
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Cases
Names of hospital patients are protected from discovery - Kinsella v. NYT Television, 887 A.2d 1144, No. A-3308-04T5 (N.J.Super.App.Div. 2005)
9th Circuit allows DNA testing of persons on parole - United States v. Kincade, 379 F.3d 813 ( Cir9 2004)
EMT Liable for damages and attorney's fees for violating
patient's privacy - Pachowitz v. Ledoux, 2003 WL 21221823 (Wis.App. May 28,
2003)
Supreme Court overrules Bowers, decriminalizes private homosexual conduct - Lawrence v. Texas, 539 U.S. 558, 123 S.Ct. 2472 (2003)
Patient Can Sue Physician for Providing Information on Defective Subpoena
- Crescenzo v. Crane, 350 N.J.Super. 531, 796 A.2d 283 (N.J.Super.App.Div.
2002)
Brief - Counties Are Persons Under
the FCA and Substance Abuse Records are Protected from Discovery - U.S. ex
rel. Chandler v. Cook County, Ill., 277 F.3d 969 (7th Cir. 2002)
Brief - Registering medical
marijuana users does not violate privacy rights - Rollins v. Ulmer,
15 P.3d 749 (Alaska 2001)
Brief - Supreme Court Reviews Drug Testing of Pregnant Women - Ferguson
v. City of Charleston, 532 U.S. 67, 121 S.Ct. 1281, 149 L.Ed.2d 205 (2001)
Brief - Liability for allowing a drug salesman
in an examination room - Sanchez-Scott v. Alza Pharmaceuticals, 86 Cal.App.4th
365, 103 Cal.Rptr.2d 410 (Cal.App. 2 Dist. 2001)
School pregnancy test violates
student's privacy rights - Gruenke v. Seip, 225 F.3d 290 (3rd Cir. 2000)
State Constitutional Protections for Medical
Information - King v. State, 272 Ga. 788, 535 S.E.2d 492 (Ga 2000)
State Can Limit Professor's Access to Materials
on the Internet - Urofsky v. Gilmore, No. 98-1481 (4th Cir. 06-23-2000)
HIV Testing without the Patient's Consent
- Sierakowski v. Ryan, No. 99-2705 (7th Cir. 08-03-2000)
Balancing Patient Privacy and
Public Health Risks to Others - Baptist Memorial Hosp.- Union County v. Johnson, 754
So.2d 1165 (Miss 2000)
Does the Conditional Privilege for Public
Health and Safety Reporting Extend to Reports to Neighbors? - Schmitz v.
Aston, 317 Ariz. Adv. Rep. 9, 2000 WL 279215 (Ariz.App. Div. 1, Mar 16, 2000)
Are state DNA banks constitutional?
- Johnson v. Com. of Virginia, --- S.E.2d ----, 2000 WL 432395 (Va. 2000)
Brief - What is the action for
a third party breach of medical confidentiality? - Jane Doe v. Community
Health Plan-Kaiser Corp., No. 85529 (N.Y.App.Div. 05/11/2000)
May the state open previously
closed adoption records? - Jane Does 1-7 v. State, No. CA A107235 (Or.App.
12-29-1999)
Court Recognizes Genetic Privacy - Norman-Bloodsaw
v. Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, 135 F.3d 1260 (9th Cir. 1998)
State may ban physician-assisted suicide - Vacco v. Quill, 117 S. Ct. 2293 (U.S. 1997) and Washington v. Glucksberg, 521 U.S. 702 (1997)
NY Restricts the Right of Parents and Guardians to Consent to Rearch on Children
and Incompents - T.D. v. New York State Office of Mental Health, 228 A.D.2d
95, 650 N.Y.S.2d 173, 65 USLW 2439 (N.Y.A.D. 1 Dept. 1996)
Supreme Court sets standards for proving refusal of medical care - Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Dep't of Health, 497 U.S. 261 (1990)
Court allows limited release of information from sexually transmitted disease
records - Westchester County v. People, 504 N.Y.S.2d 497, 498, 122 A.D.2d 1,
2 (N.Y.A.D. 2 Dept. 1986)
Supreme Court upholds Texas sodomy law (overruled) - Bowers v. Hardwick et al., 106 S. Ct. 2841, 478 U.S. 186 (1986)
Court upholds NY law protecting public health investigations
of sexually transmitted diseases - Grattan v. People, 65 N.Y.2d 243, 480
N.E.2d 714, 491 N.Y.S.2d 125 (N.Y. 1985)
Banning Use of Laetrile Does Not
Violate Right to Privacy - People v. Privitera, 23 Cal. 3d 697, 591 P.2d 919,
153 Cal. Rptr. 431 (Cal. 1979)
Supreme Uphold Public Health Reporting -
Whalen v. Roe, 429 US 589 (1977)
California requires psychiatrists to warn about dangerous
patients - Tarasoff v. Regents of University of California, 17 Cal. 3d 425,
551 P.2d 334, 131 Cal. Rptr. 14 (Cal. 07-01-1976)
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