The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 protects patients from having their medical records disclosed without their consent. Does it apply to President Trump?
And White House physician Sean Conley has been at the center of the storm, releasing confusing and limited information about Trump's condition and treatment. On Monday, Conley cited"HIPAA rules and regulations" as the reason why he couldn't share details on the President's lung imaging, which led to complaints that he was dodging difficult questions.
"Whether or not this doctor is covered, he does have an ethical duty to protect the patient's confidentiality, whether that patient is the President or a man in the street," said Joy Pritts, a lawyer specializing in health information privacy and a former chief privacy officer at the Department of Health and Human Services in the Obama administration.
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