
Bull: I think you're on the right track here... There is no way that HIPAA can superceed criminal law. Its a federal regulation designed to protect hospital patient records. Not to faciliate criminal operations.
It sounds like the hospital in both FL and WI are using this as an excuse to keep their noses clean and not "inconvience" the patients by having them arrested. Also, it does make for bad press in areas where the media is bored enough to start reporting things like that.
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