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The doctor - patient relationship has long been held to be confidential.

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act ("HIPAA") - HIPAA establishes national minimum standards on the collection, maintenance, access, use and disclosure of "protected health information" ("PHI"). To the extent the state laws provide greater privacy protections that do not contradict HIPAA, the state laws will control.


Richard D. Salyer