Filed: Oct. 21, 2019
Latest Update: Oct. 21, 2019
Summary: ORDER J. THOMAS RAY , Magistrate Judge . Defendants filed a Motion to Compel Plaintiff Mark Amos Barker ("Barker") to provide an executed medical authorization form granting them permission to obtain copies of his medical records. Doc. 44. According to Defendants, Barker then provided an executed authorization form, identifying the Arkansas Department of Correction ("ADC") as his only health care provider. Doc. 46. Defendants' Motion is denied as moot regarding an authorization form f
Summary: ORDER J. THOMAS RAY , Magistrate Judge . Defendants filed a Motion to Compel Plaintiff Mark Amos Barker ("Barker") to provide an executed medical authorization form granting them permission to obtain copies of his medical records. Doc. 44. According to Defendants, Barker then provided an executed authorization form, identifying the Arkansas Department of Correction ("ADC") as his only health care provider. Doc. 46. Defendants' Motion is denied as moot regarding an authorization form fo..
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ORDER
J. THOMAS RAY, Magistrate Judge.
Defendants filed a Motion to Compel Plaintiff Mark Amos Barker ("Barker") to provide an executed medical authorization form granting them permission to obtain copies of his medical records. Doc. 44. According to Defendants, Barker then provided an executed authorization form, identifying the Arkansas Department of Correction ("ADC") as his only health care provider. Doc. 46.
Defendants' Motion is denied as moot regarding an authorization form for Barker's ADC medical records, but granted as to records from any medical providers other than the ADC. If Barker intends to rely on medical records from any provider other than the ADC, he must: (1) identify those medical providers to Defendants; and (2) provide Defendants with an executed medical authorization form, leaving the "Health Care Provider" line blank.1 If Barker refuses to sign a form allowing Defendants' counsel access to non-ADC medical records, he will be prohibited from introducing or otherwise relying on those records to support his claims in this lawsuit.
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED THAT:
1. Defendants' Motion to Compel (Doc. 44) is DENIED in part and GRANTED in part, as set forth in this Order.
2. The Clerk is directed to mail Barker another copy of the Authorization to Disclose Health Information form (Doc. 44-1 at 9).
3. If Barker intends to rely on medical records from any provider other than the ADC, he must, within fourteen (14) days of the date of this Order: (a) identify each medical provider; and (b) sign and mail to Defendants' counsel the medical authorization form, leaving the "Health Care Provider" line blank.