privacy records Flashcards
1
Q
privacy records
A
- nothing stopping professionals from keeping privacy records
- jornal, jot note, will only be considered a priv record if it is inaccessable to others, maintained for the authors exclusive use, and kept separate from public records
2
Q
legal implications of maintaining privacy records
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- they may be subpoenaed or seized under court order
- not automatically admissible in evidence
- factual statements do not get benefit of being presumed true like public ones
- does not dimish responsibility that public record needs to be comprhensive and complete
- needs to take reasonable to steps to make sure it is secure
- public and private records must be consistant
3
Q
major legal bene of keeping private record
A
- practitioner controls them
