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Quote by: Winter wind  I have never heard of this. Nixon proposed this idea, but I've never heard of prisoners paying for their jail time. Could you post a link which backs up this statement. (it might just be because I'm from Hong Kong...but still...)
"Disclosure of medical records to third parties is prohibited without written consent of the patient. Medical records may be compelled by court order or by an administrative agency. Cal. Civil Code 56."
So unless the doctor is given a court order, the doctor isn't allowed to divulge private information.
And I can't speak for the DHS, but I think they must be under the same set of laws. It's considered a medical association, no?
And you still haven't told me how you are stopping the immigrants from entering. I already told you what it would take to mobilize the army to do something like that, so what do you propose? The rest is what happens when they make it inside, so that's superfluous. How do you stop them from coming in? |
I would have to dig for the law, so I am not bothering, but I can tell you here in Iowa if you have been convicted you pay for each day you are in jail or prison, it is $50.00 a day. A doctor does not need a court order to turn a patient in for a criminal act nor does he need to do so to tell the authorities they are a danger to themselves or someone else, ie if they have commited a crime the doctor is obligated to report it not give the agency medical records.