If it were part of a criminal investigation then law enforcement can have a search warrant issued to take custody of a deceased person’s medical records.
Bob B
They would need to get a warrant to access the records (although in some states, deceased person’s records can be obtained without a warrant).
To do that, they need to provide a judge with some evidence that a crime might have occurred, and that the information in those records could help their investigation.
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If it were part of a criminal investigation then law enforcement can have a search warrant issued to take custody of a deceased person’s medical records.
They would need to get a warrant to access the records (although in some states, deceased person’s records can be obtained without a warrant).
To do that, they need to provide a judge with some evidence that a crime might have occurred, and that the information in those records could help their investigation.