Reassuring News on Debate Over New Pennsylvania Fracking Law And Whether Doctors Can Really Talk To Their Patients About Fracking Chemicals

Author: Karen L. Tucci

On April 18, 2012, the Pennsylvania Medical Society (PAMED) released a statement on Act 13’s unconventional gas well disclosure requirements. Released by the president of PAMED, Marilyn J. Heine, M.D., a practicing oncologist and emergency medicine specialist from suburban Philadelphia, the statement acknowledges that Act 13 will allow patients to be treated. The statement reads, in part:

We appreciate Speaker of the House Sam Smith’s recent statement that the language In Act 13 will not interfere with a physician’s ability to appropriately treat patients, and will in fact facilitate that process. While PAMED agrees that Act 13’s disclosure language is as strong as any in the nation, we also reached out to the Corbett administration to clarify physicians’ confidentiality obligations under the new law with respect to proprietary information disclosed to them for treatment purposes.

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Controversy Continues Over What Physicians Can Tell Their Patients About Fracking Chemicals

Author: Karen L. Tucci

Controversy is heating up around the new Pennsylvania Fracking Law which many believe forbids doctors and other healthcare professionals from talking to their patients about chemical exposure that they believe may have led to their patients’ health problems.

Debate is now centering on whether physicians are really blocked from talking to their patients about the chemicals. The law does give the health professional a way of obtaining the information alleged to be a trade secret, but it is less clear as to what the health professional can do with the information once it is received by the health professional.

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