IN RE BOARD OF MEDICINE

No. 35 EAP 2016.

214 A.3d 660 (2019)

IN RE: PETITION FOR ENFORCEMENT OF SUBPOENAS ISSUED BY the HEARING EXAMINER IN A PROCEEDING BEFORE the BOARD OF MEDICINE. Appeal of: M.R.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided: August 20, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Richard Feldman, Esq. , Christina Maria Reger, Esq. , Bazelon, Less & Feldman, P.C., for M.R., Appellant.

John S. Bagby Jr., Esq. , Pamela Ann Crowther, Esq. , Bagby & Associates, for DeMichele, Sarah G., Appellee.

Keith E. Bashore, Esq. , PA Bureau of Professional & Occupational Affairs, Anita Paytas Shekletski, Esq. , for State Board of Medicine, Appellee.

SAYLOR, C.J., BAER, TODD, DONOHUE, DOUGHERTY, WECHT, MUNDY, JJ.


OPINION

JUSTICE WECHT

In this direct appeal, we are asked to consider the enforceability of a series of subpoenas obtained by a physician for testimony and treatment records relating to other providers' care of the physician's former patient, as well as related questions regarding the scope and applicability of numerous statutes that protect a patient's medical information. The Commonwealth Court granted the physician...

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