M4A3, Are you upset he went through your records, or the fact that he did it over the phone without properly identifying himself? Also, if I may ask, how do you know this was conducted over the phone only?

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A crime is a crime whether they were looking at someone else and discovered your criminal activities.

Not true actually. If a cop had a warrant to search 100 main street and went inside and found 100 kilos of cocaine and it was found out later that the police typed up the wrong address on the warrant, gave it to a judge to sign and the warrant should have said 102 main street then that warrant would be meaningless and the people at 100 main street could not be charged.

Today I learned that the Police were investigating a pharmacists assistant at the local pharmacy where I get a lot of my prescriptions filled.
Apparently she was copying prescription that other people dropped off, and filled them for herself.

Well, during the Police investigation, the detective called my doctor to see how many prescription he wrote so he could figure out how many the girl at the pharmacy forged.
The detective also was given information as to what medications I have been prescribed.

All of my medical information was given to this police officer OVER THE PHONE without my knowledge or permission!

Now keep in mind I am in no trouble, all of my prescriptions were legal and in good standing.

So after hearing of this I contacted two lawyers in my area and they both said that under new HIPA Rules, a police officer can go into a persons medical and prescription records with NO warrant if the officer is conducting an investigation.

I cannot describe how violated and angered I am about this.
Our personal medical records are supposed to be SACRED. And yet any person who may or may not be a cop can call up a Dr's office and get personal information on people?

This is insane!

I feel like I am living in the old soviet union. Or communist China.
Do the police officers who do these type of things have no morals? Or have they been brainwashed so bad that they think they are above the law.

My lawyer is going to check into this further to find out if I can take any legal action at all. If I can sue, I am going to bleed that Police department dry.
What do you folks think about this?

So I can call a Dr's office and say Hello I am Officer Joe Blow we have an investigation going on at the CVS on 123 street and I need to know what you prescribed Jane Doe and how many times etc because we have a pharmacy tech who is under investigation for forging and copying prescriptions.

I know a few friends and where they get their med's filled and I can look up an officer and get his badge # and call ...blah blah...If they did that OVER the phone with no verification I would be SHOCKED!

This law has already been deamed constitutional so while i do not agree with the law the officer is doing nothing wrong by using it to obtain information.

Yep - and I think we can place partial blame in the "patriot act". We all need to find to get our privacy restored. 9/11 is no excuse for the invading the privacy of american citizens. In fact, this is one are where I'm a bit upset at Obama - I still don't understand why he voted for FISA and telecom immunity.

Unfortunately, M4A3, you probably won't prevail in a law suit against the polic dept. However, you may have some recourse against your doctor for giving out your information over the phone without verification that he was speaking to a law enforcement official.