Consulting patients’ records out of curiosity

Supreme Court · Second Chamber (Penal) · 2021

What the Supreme Court considered and decided

The court convicted a nurse who accessed records of patients not assigned to her without a care-related justification. It examined access to personal and health data through the system available at her workplace.

What this helps explain

Access may be criminally relevant even if it is short and no later dissemination to third parties is demonstrated.

Editorial summary from the official note of the CGPJ. It describes this resolution, without certifying the subsequent evolution of the procedure. It should be read with the legislation applicable to its facts, reforms and subsequent case law.