Legal Opinion
Northlake Medical Center, LLC v. Queen
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided July 13, 2006No. A06A0540PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Ruffin, Chief Judge.
Linda Queen brought a medical malpractice action against North-lake Medical Center, LLC and others. Northlake moved to dismiss the complaint for Queen’s failure to comply with the medical record release requirement of OCGA § 9-11-9.2. The trial court denied the motion, concluding that OCGA § 9-11-9.2 was preempted by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, Pub. L. No. 104-191 (“HIPAA”), and thus Queen was not required to file a medical record release authorization in compliance with the Georgia statute. We granted Northlake’s application for…
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