Hardly. Patient confidentiality is a very real issue. HIPAA and the 4th Amendment are in play here.
The unconscious person in her hospital was the victim of a head-on collision caused by a perp (who died in this same collision) the Utah police were chasing.
There is no cause for this victim's blood to be drawn.
She's on the phone talking to hospital officials, and relaying information. If the hospital would have drawn the blood and given it to the cop, they would have violated both HIPAA, and the 4th Amendment. The hospital, and possibly the nurse, would have then subjected themselves to two potential lawsuits by the victim in this case, and any blood drawn would have been inadmissible in court.
No judge in his/her right mind would issue a warrant in this case, and there is no reason for this victim to be under arrest.
“Hardly. Patient confidentiality is a very real issue. HIPAA and the 4th Amendment are in play here.
The unconscious person in her hospital was the victim of a head-on collision caused by a perp (who died in this same collision) the Utah police were chasing.
There is no cause for this victim’s blood to be drawn.”
On the contrary, federal law requires a blood test be taken when a commercial truck driver is involved in a fatal collision regardless of who is at fault.