Medical Law

At Brooks & Turner Law Firm, our medical law lawyer offers a variety of solutions including file review, standard care opinion, IME review/rebuttals, and medical literature research.

Medical law concerns the rights and responsibilities of medical professionals and their patients. The areas of focus that we cover within medical law include confidentiality, negligence, medical malpractice, and criminal law and ethics. 
Doctor-patient confidentiality is protected under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act or HIPAA. This created legal safeguards to protect the confidentiality of a patients' medical and mental health records. This created many formal requirements in regards to accessing a patients information including ways that the information can be exchanged while still keeping patient information confidential. A violation to this act can lead to a party facing significant liability.

Doctors and other healthcare professionals who diagnose and treat others as their professional are held to a higher standard that say perhaps someone who helps a stranger on the street. Medical malpractice is one of the focuses in medical which pertains to the liability of a medical professional for negligence in the diagnosis or treatment of a patient that resulted in their injury or death. There are numerous other laws as well so if you are a medical professional and are concerned about your liability you can contact us today and we will help review your practice. 

Criminal law and ethics within the medical field relates to the acts healthcare professionals have done in the past that have been regarded as criminal. Examples of these acts included medical professionals trafficking controlled substances and the mistreatment of patients against their will or consent. 

We know that it can be difficult to know whether or not you have a case regarding medical so we are here to help. Please contact one of our medical law attorneys today or schedule a consultation for us to help review your case. We are aware that not knowing whether or not you have a case can be just as stressful so we'd like to ease that burden for you.