A salutary tale from the United States. I would be interested in a US
Expert running an eye over this to assist me in advising my friend, who is a
gay man in that challenging employment environment for people of non
standard orientation "the USA":
" I think my doctor outed me at work today. He was supposed to just send
some test results that proved I was ok to return to work, instead, he sent
all sorts of private interview notes, about things we had talked about,
REALLY private things, that had nothing to do with work. The nurse was even
embarrassed and said, "[name removed], this really isn't for anyone here to
read", and handed me this paper back, with just about every word I ever said
to that doctor typed on it. I can't believe what was on that paper. I
thought they had laws against that kind of stuff. I am so not believing
this. I can't go there tomorrow."
We think HIPPA may be relevant, but I am by no means HIPPA literate.
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