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Originally Posted by oracle80
He admitted himself. He is not a ward of the state. He may ride again yet. What can they do? If his Dr said you cannot see my patient then they have no grounds to say he violated terms. That board can set all the rules they want, but none of em are gonna supercede the Constitution and the rights hes provided as a US citizen. When he gets out there is no way he wont test clean. So what happens then?
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Actually, they might be able to get access to his medical records, thanks to the HIPAA regs and the oh-so-lovely Patriot Act. Here's a link on it; it's kind of scary reading:
http://www.aclu.org/privacy/medical/...s20030530.html
Essentially, if the Attorney General suspects he might have violated the law by using drugs (not prove it, just suspect him of it) the authorities have the legal right to look at his records without a warrant. Great, huh?