April 26, 2002

Senators Debate Medical-Privacy Rules

By RON SOUTHWICK

The Bush administration should revise new regulations governing the privacy of medical records to respond to concerns raised by universities, Sen. Bill Frist, the only physician in the Senate, said last week. The senator, a Tennessee Republican, said the regulations could impede important biomedical studies.

But Sen. Christopher J. Dodd, a Democrat from Connecticut, said he intended to make sure that the regulations would require doctors and researchers to obtain the consent of

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