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Could My Friend Go To Jail For This? Hipaa Violation.

Location: Pennsylvania, USA

My friend is a nurse and a new mom. Her boyfriend (who she has a PFA - Protection From Abuse order against at the moment) is physically abusive. She recently pressed charges against him for an especially egregious act of violence against her in the presence of their newborn.

His friend was in a motorcycle accident some months ago and he was acting aggressively and erratically while emotional. She feared what he might do if he couldn’t calm down about it. Her colleague left their computer open, she took a picture of his chart (I believe other patients medical numbers and names were present) and she sent it to her boyfriend to show that the friend was okay. Now he and his mother (a retired nurse) want to use this against her as blackmail to get her to drop the charges against him.

She knows this was wrong. She has since resigned from her job. She is terrified that she will go to jail for this, away from her newborn. I’m here to ask: is this criminal? Is she likely to go to jail for this violation? Even while it was blatant, I think the circumstances are relevant here. Thanks in advance for your help, Reddit.

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