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Health Care & Hospital Law

Aug. 2, 2003

Dentist Let Off for Tip to Cops

SAN FRANCISCO - A dentist who alerted a police officer's superiors that he suspected the officer was abusing painkillers did not violate a state law restricting the release of medical information, a San Francisco appeals court has held.

        By Donna Domino
        Daily Journal Staff Writer
        SAN FRANCISCO - A dentist who alerted a police officer's superiors that he suspected the officer was abusing painkillers did not violate a state law restricting the release of medical information, a San Francisco appeals court has held.
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