A lawyers rep came to a UTU meeting and handed out a paper that we are supposed to give to our doctor stating specifically that they are NOT to give the RR ANY medical records or info without our written consent. This came about because they had a client that was hurt on the job & filed a PI report. The carrier dug through his medical records and found that he had been to a mental health provider prior to working for the RR. Apparently it was a marriage counselor but that didn't matter. At some point, probably in some pre-employment paperwork he stated that he had never had mental health services. They fired him for dishonesty and denied his PI on the grounds that he should have been fired when he filled out that paperwork, 20+ years prior. He is fighting it, but hes still out of work till that gets settled. Oh yea, the rep also said that there is NO case against the doctor who gave out this guys medical records without his permission. There might be a case if he had paperwork in his file stating that they were NOT to give out any info but he didn't have anything like that.
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