Legal Opinion
In Re Doe
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided August 4, 1998No. 97-283-M.PPublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GOLDBERG, Justice.
The issue in this ease concerns the applicability of the notification requirements of the Confidentiality of Health Care Communications and Information Act (CHCCIA or act), G.L.1956 chapter 37.3 of title 5, in the context of grand jury proceedings. Specifically the parties to the instant action contest whether notifying a patient that his or her medical records have been subpoenaed by the grand jury, as required by § 5-37.3-6.1 of the CHCCIA, violates the grand jury secrecy requirements of Rule 6(e) of the Superior Court Rules of Criminal Procedure. For the reasons…
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