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MIAMI, Sept. 30 - A judge ruled today that staff members at a drug
rehabilitation center in Orlando, where Gov. Jeb Bush's daughter,
Noelle, is receiving treatment, cannot be forced to cooperate with
an investigation into an accusation that she had possessed crack
cocaine.
Chief Judge Belvin Perry Jr. of Circuit Court of Orange County in
Orlando wrote in his ruling that patient privacy outweighed law
enforcement interests in cases in which addicts relapse in
treatment.
Forcing the institution, the Center for Drug-Free Living, to aid in
the investigation would mean that "all patients who suffer relapses
could be hauled out of treatment programs and into criminal courts
on the whim of a state prosecutor or police officer responding to
calls from fellow patients whose motives for reporting the `crimes'
might be questionable," Judge Perry wrote.
His ruling cited federal and state laws that protect patients'
privacy rights.
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Pubdate: Tue, 01 Oct 2002
Source: New York Times (NY)
Copyright: 2002 The New York Times Company
rehabilitation center in Orlando, where Gov. Jeb Bush's daughter,
Noelle, is receiving treatment, cannot be forced to cooperate with
an investigation into an accusation that she had possessed crack
cocaine.
Chief Judge Belvin Perry Jr. of Circuit Court of Orange County in
Orlando wrote in his ruling that patient privacy outweighed law
enforcement interests in cases in which addicts relapse in
treatment.
Forcing the institution, the Center for Drug-Free Living, to aid in
the investigation would mean that "all patients who suffer relapses
could be hauled out of treatment programs and into criminal courts
on the whim of a state prosecutor or police officer responding to
calls from fellow patients whose motives for reporting the `crimes'
might be questionable," Judge Perry wrote.
His ruling cited federal and state laws that protect patients'
privacy rights.
[snip]
Pubdate: Tue, 01 Oct 2002
Source: New York Times (NY)
Copyright: 2002 The New York Times Company
