Fact Pattern 9-1 Frank Belongs to the Same Country Club as His Former

question 38

Multiple Choice

Fact Pattern 9-1
Frank belongs to the same country club as his former physician, Dr. Bozo. Frank recently started dating Dr. Bozo's former wife, Alice, and decided to find a new physician. Frank found out that Dr. Bozo has been telling their mutual friends at the club about Frank's high blood pressure and problems with anxiety. Frank is very angry, confronts Dr. Bozo on the golf course, and tells him that he is going to sue him under a federal law protecting medical information. Dr. Bozo laughs and says in front of a number of Frank's golfing buddies, "I'm not surprised that you're going nuts and that you have high blood pressure - hanging out with Alice has done that to many a man.
-Refer to fact pattern 9-1. Is there any federal law prohibiting Dr.Bozo from revealing Frank's medical history?

• A) There is no such federal law.
• B) There is a federal law called the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act that prohibits the revelation of private medical information by health care providers.
• C) There is a federal law called the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act that prohibits the revelation of private medical information by health care providers.
• D) There is a federal law called the Physician-Nurse Privacy Act that prohibits the revelation of private medical information by health care providers.

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