FL: Search warrant for medical records were sealed; they need to be opened for investigation but still protect the rights of patients

John Wesley Hall points to a case in Florida that may be of interest to this blog’s readers:

Search warrants were used to obtain patient medical records of alleged illegal pain management clinics that implicated the privacy rights of the patients, and they were sealed, amounting to an order of suppression. The circuit court is ordered to fashion a remedy that permits access to the information for the state’s investigation but still protects the identity of the patients. State v. Crumbley, 2014 Fla. App. LEXIS 11386 (Fla. 2d DCA July 25, 2014)

Read an excerpt from the court’s opinion on FourthAmendment.com.