Dear Nurse Beth, I went to ER after taking a gummy with thc by accident. I went to the hospital where I work. The ER doctor asked me what happened I told him I took 1 gummy. I was having high anxiety from it. Does he have the obligation to report me. We live in Houston Tx? What should I do he didn't take a blood nor urine test. I was wrong about the thc my sister said it didn't have it in the gummy. Now I have a dc paper that says mild thc abuse. Do I go to my director and ask for a test?

Dear Anxious, I'm confused by some of this, meaning you went to the ED for anxiety caused by thc which you didn't take? I'm not an attorney and therefore hesitate to say that the doctor is not likely to report you, because I don't know Texas reporting mandates- but what's to report? I'm coming from a common sense POV, which is that there were no drug tests taken. If a doctor intended to report you (again, unlikely) then said doctor would have gathered evidence and also believed you were a threat to public safety. There was no testing done, and your ED visit should be protected by HIPAA. I would not involve my Director in this as this is not a work issue unless you make it one. You might think about talking to the doctor. You work at the same facility. Tell him you're concerned about the diagnosis of thc abuse being on your medical record, and that you were mistaken. Perhaps he could make an annotation to your record.

Took A Gummy Which May Or May Not Have Had THC

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You were not on the job when you went to the ER I don't know that I would've gone to the hospital where you work knowing that you took something like that it depends on the laws in your state in Florida we have to self report and I think that's pretty much Nationwide I don't think you did anything wrong I don't think you need to make a big deal out of it I seriously doubt that the ER doctors gonna report you to the board of nursing in your state because of confidentiality because if he did that and he's kind of crossing a line between caregiver provider where HIPAA is a thing because you didn't sign a release and you're not employed by the ER so that's my take

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