# Legal/medical question from Law and Order **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 24, 2005, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-medical-question-from-law-and-order/327740 "2005-10-24T22:23:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-medical-question-from-law-and-order/327740/21 "2005-10-25T23:32:17Z")
> [@ouryL](#): > > Isn’t it set in Baltimore? :smack: Apparently so. I don’t watch it, so I assumed it was set in New York, like the original Law & Order. The answer is less clear under Maryland law. But it seems that Chiropractors are covered there too: > [@](#): > > (a) In general.- A health care provider shall: > > (1) Keep the medical record of a patient or recipient confidential; and > > (2) Disclose the medical record only: > > (i) As provided by this subtitle; or > > (ii) As otherwise provided by law. [http://198.187.128.12/maryland/lpext.dll/Infobase/2da0b/2dc2c/2de5b/2de8f?fn=document-frame.htm&f=templates](http://198.187.128.12/maryland/lpext.dll/Infobase/2da0b/2dc2c/2de5b/2de8f?fn=document-frame.htm&f=templates) Section 4:301 defines Health Care Provider as “A person who is licensed, certified, or otherwise authorized under the Health Occupations Article or § 13-516 of the Education Article to provide health care in the ordinary course of business or practice of a profession or in an approved education or training program[.]” Chiropractors are licensed under the Health Occupations Article. ---
**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-medical-question-from-law-and-order/327740/22 "2005-10-26T03:43:04Z")
Here is a good general discussion of privilege law. [http://www.epic.org/privacy/privileges/](http://www.epic.org/privacy/privileges/). ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-medical-question-from-law-and-order/327740/23 "2005-10-26T03:51:47Z")
> [@ouryL](#): > > Isn’t it set in Baltimore? Umm, no, all the L&O shows are set in NYC. CSI is the one that has different cities on the different shows. ---
**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-medical-question-from-law-and-order/327740/24 "2005-10-26T04:50:58Z")
I give up. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-medical-question-from-law-and-order/327740/25 "2005-10-26T11:23:01Z")
_sigh_ All of the Law and Order programs are set in New York. The original is just a general-purpose cop show. SVU deals with sex crimes. CI deals with weird stuff like serial killers and the like. CSI shows are set in three different cities: Las Vegas (the original), Miami (the one with David Caruso), and New York (the one with Gary Sinise). “Homicide: Life in the Street” was set in Baltimore. There was a great deal of crossover with L&O, and when “Homicide” went off the air, the character of Det. John Munch (Richard Belzer) went over to L&O: SVU, where he is a regular character. Robin [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-medical-question-from-law-and-order/327740.md?page=1)