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Medical Jurisprudence

UIC School of Law

2019

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Everyone Bleeds Guilty: Blood Draws For Law Enforcement Purposes In Light Of The Hipaa Privacy Rule And Recent Supreme Court Decisions, 52 Uic J. Marshall L. Rev. 489 (2019), Bianca Valdez Jan 2019

Everyone Bleeds Guilty: Blood Draws For Law Enforcement Purposes In Light Of The Hipaa Privacy Rule And Recent Supreme Court Decisions, 52 Uic J. Marshall L. Rev. 489 (2019), Bianca Valdez

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Intoxicated driving claims more than 10,000 lives per year. In efforts to combat this devastating statistic, states have enacted laws that permit law enforcement officers to order warrantless blood draws from suspects of driving under the influence. In doing so, law enforcement officers seek the assistance of medical personnel to carry out the phlebotomy process. While medical personnel are obliged to assist law enforcement with their investigations, they also have an ethical duty to their patient and a legal duty to comply with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. What are the legal implications when the suspect …


Legal Discrimination Against Organ Transplant Candidates: Medicinal Marijuana And The Double-Edged Sword, 52 Uic J. Marshall L. Rev. 859 (2019), Kyle Jorgensen Jan 2019

Legal Discrimination Against Organ Transplant Candidates: Medicinal Marijuana And The Double-Edged Sword, 52 Uic J. Marshall L. Rev. 859 (2019), Kyle Jorgensen

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