Board subpoenas , Yes (usually); De facto search warrants, No
TMB personnel face damage claim for illegally trying to search and seize medical records In the late 1980s, my New York law firm did some work for Robert Atkins involving the New York medical board, (aka the Office of Professional Medical Conduct). The board wanted the records of a number of his ozone therapy patients. The patients didn’t want their records released, so Bob Atkins hired our firm to try to quash the subpoena. We made precedent, but not in…