Obligation to Police

Just curious if anyone knows the legalities of sharing information with the police or situations they have ran into where police request to know the health information of a patient. We have a great relationship with our local PD. They patrol the hospital often and are pleasant, never have had an issue, not that this is something that changes the legal way to go about the situation. We had a patient brought in that had full rigor, cold skin, blown pupils. EMS arrived to scene due to the... Read more
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