Caregivers and HIPPA (Patient Privacy Act)

Do Medicinal Marijuana Caregivers Respect their patients rights, to privacy?
Does HIPPA apply? or, should it?

Recently, I read of someone talking 'smack' about a former patient. Somehow, I felt it was malicious and not from a person of integrity. Not to mention, it seemed rather immature(imho).

Would you trust a caregiver, if you heard him/her speak negatively of a patient, former or current?
Should Medicinal Marijuana Caregivers be held to the same standard of any patient caregiver?
The following is from HHS.gov

HHS announces first HIPAA breach settlement involving less than 500 patients

The Hospice of Northern Idaho (HONI) has agreed to pay the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) $50,000 to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Security Rule. This is the first settlement involving a breach of unsecured electronic protected health information (ePHI) affecting fewer than 500 individuals.

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Just curious.. pr

ok in order
1.they should but im sure some arent
2.of course, absolutely
3.absolutely not
4.absolutely positively.

the case in Idaho sets the precedent, its going to be a while before that gets enforced properly.
one of the bigger problems is that its hard to standardize when when it isnt legal everywhere and even in some of the places where it is
most local govts are trying to bury in it bureaucracy. i never thought id live to see a day where mj would be legal for med use let alone recreational use.
but both have happened, even if only to a small degree. still a long way to go tho. if someone could make an ad that explains the number of industries and the billions of dollars that would come from full legalization i think the overall public would think a little differently and maybe a few greedy politicians. i think any attorney worth his/her degree could make the argument that the cartels of today, just like organized crime during prohibition, were created, funded in part, armed, and trained by the very governement that is attempting fight them. prohibition was a bad idea in the 20's and its just as bad if not worse today.