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MATTER OF GRATTAN v. PEOPLE

65 N.Y.2d 243 (1985)

In the Matter of William A. Grattan, as Commissioner of Health of the Albany County Health Department, Appellant, v. The People of the State of New York, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided June 4, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew J. Clyne for appellant.

Sol Greenberg, District Attorney (George H. Barber of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judges JASEN, MEYER, SIMONS, KAYE and ALEXANDER concur in Per Curiam opinion; Judge TITONE taking no part.

Per Curiam.

The confidentiality provided by Public Health Law § 2306 for information regarding sexually transmissible diseases is not defeated simply by consent of the source to release the information.

The subpoena in question directed appellant, Commissioner of the Albany County Department of Health, to produce for the Grand Jury all records held by the Bureau of Sexually Transmissible Diseases concerning Tamara...

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