Robo de registros médicos e información médica en Colorado

Explicación Simple

Robar información médica significa obtener registros de salud sin permiso y con la intención de usarlos para uno mismo o para alguien más. Esto incluye cosas como diagnósticos, tratamientos o cualquier dato médico que no te pertenece.

Es como si alguien entrara a tu habitación sin permiso y se llevara tu diario para leer tus secretos. Así de privado es tu información médica.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Laura, una enfermera, accede a los registros médicos de su exnovio sin su consentimiento solo para enterarse de su salud. Esto es un robo de información médica porque usó datos que no le pertenecen.

Penalidades

Las violaciones pueden resultar en cargos criminales, pero el texto no especifica las penalidades exactas.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

C.R.S. 18-4-412 – Theft of medical records or medical information (1) Any person who, without proper authorization, knowingly obtains a medical record or medical information with the intent to appropriate the medical record or medical information to his own use or to the use of another, who steals or discloses to an unauthorized person a medical record or medical information, or who, without authority, makes or causes to be made a copy of a medical record or medical information commits theft of a medical record or medical information. (2) As used in this section: (a) "Medical record" means the written or graphic documentation, sound recording, or computer record pertaining to medical, mental health, and health-care services, including medical marijuana services, performed at the direction of a physician or other licensed health-care provider on behalf of a patient by physicians, dentists, nurses, service providers, emergency medical service providers, mental health professionals, prehospital providers, or other health-care personnel. "Medical record" includes such diagnostic documentation as X rays, electrocardiograms, electroencephalograms, and other test results. "Medical record" includes data entered into the prescription drug monitoring program under section 12-280-403 . (b) "Medical information" means any information contained in the medical record or any information pertaining to the medical, mental health, and health-care services performed at the direction of a physi