[Lucky Dog]

So you are alleging that the prosecutors in this situation are subject to these potential penalties?

[adam_az]

Well, I have some experience with HIPAA from the information security perspective of the regulations. I don't recall reading that prosecutors or police are exempted. The purpose of HIPAA is to protect individuals health privacy. It's very, very strict. It applies to any doctors office that keeps any electronic records for even just one patient. A handfull of doctors use all paper records now, so as not to have to follow it's complex regulations.