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It requires you to sign a form releasing health information to the state. Wow.Reading that handbook - NM trumps MA in many aspects of licensing bullshit. It's what can happen when concealed carry flies above rather than below the radar.
It appears to be the case now. Since you “voluntarily” sign the release, then there is legally no HIPAA violation. If the police went to a doctor without a court order and without your consent and asked for your medical records and the doctor complied, that would be a HIPAA violation. But in this case, the police have your signed release.But unless something changed (possible) I'm not aware of a medical info release being required.
Is this now the case? HIPPA?
Unless they used the root password provided in HIPPA . I'll give you a hint - it's two words.If the police went to a doctor without a court order and without your consent and asked for your medical records and the doctor complied, that would be a HIPAA violation.