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3624 Under the Confidentiality of Medical Information Act, a physician is immune from liability for disclosing to third persons non-specific information about the general nature of the reason for treatment, the general condition of the patient, and other non-medical information, even though the patient has not been warned of the possibility of such disclosure and even though the patient orally requested that such disclosure not be made; conduct that does not violate the Act may violate a patient's constitutional right to privacy; a patient does not have a reasonable expectation of privacy regarding her treatment for a rash that is plainly visible or stress that she has already discussed with fellow employees, and disclosure of such information to her employer is not a serious invasion of her privacy rights.CitationGARRETT v YOUNG (Disclosed Rash) 109 CA4 1393 [See: CivC 56 etseq; Hill v NCAA 7 C4 1]
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