that's what you get when religion gets in the way of health care. Can't get much holier than thou than devout catholics. Oh, and that nurse should be fired for breaching patient confidentiality. It never fails to amaze me that the rest of us (the majority) put up with their bullshit.
diz

Religious hospitals should not be allowed to dictate public health policy and deprive private citizens of the ability to exercise their rights as they see fit. It was good to see the police officer showing restraint and reason, although I'm not entirely sure he should have shown up in the first place. I think the police have more important things to do.

Good God, this shit's gotta stop!!!

And I hope Zimmerman gets filthy, stinking RICH after suing these "religious" fucksticks!
Take the "Church's" tainted money away, and let's see just how great and mighty they are THEN.

The question that would be raised in the medical review board discussion, I believe, is whether his marijuana use/possession was an aspect of his protected health information.

Prescription medications are part of protected health information. But marijuana is not a prescription medication. Even under the medical marijuana laws it is not really considered one, it is considered substance use...like alcohol or nicotine even though it is theoretically being used to treat a condition. Us providers, even when we authorize a Green Card, don't write a prescription, we write an endorsement which allows the Green Card, it's not the same as a prescription.

So if his health visit was not about marijuana use and he did not imply he used it to treat a medical condition, the practitioner would firmly place it in the "Social" category along with alcohol, nicotine and any other substance use (legal or illegal). Had he had a beer on him and smelled of beer, she would have a potential public safety obligation if she had reason to believe he was planning to drive. So if he smelled of marijuana and acted impaired would she have a similar obligation? At least a similar one. And again, I'm unsure it would really fall under protected health information in that setting.

As a medical professional it's an interesting question honestly.

(For the record, unless I believed someone was heavily impaired and planning to drive, I certainly wouldn't be calling the cops, but I might try and convince the person to take an alternative transportation measure)