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Do I have to give release of my medical procedure to my
probation office if they requested me to sign
I don't feel comfortable signing release of medical to my PO.
Medical records access could be important for
monitoring treatment compliance, often ordered when there is a mental health or
addiction issues arise. Although your lawyer could possibly set up a review
before your sentencing judge for a clarification, read over your rules of
probation carefully.
You should also pick your battles carefully
with your PO, since he or she will be deciding your future, which could either
be as a free person as an inmate if you are revoked. Of course, yet another option is the reject
probation and face the consequences revocation.
If those were already determined in an “imposed but stayed” sentence,
you will know precisely where you are headed, but if no specific sentence is
mentioned, you would go back in front of your judge, who might assume the worst
as to your reasons for refusing to release your records, i.e., that you may
have gone back to using drugs or alcohol.
Although you would probably lose, a sentencing after revocation would
present you with the option to get back in front of the judge to argue whether
or not you have a right to refuse to sign the medical records release.
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