A man discarding trash at a St. Petersburg, Fl.-area landfill stumbled upon unsecured patient medical records originating from a now-closed urgent care facility, according to a report from ABC News.
"It has medical information, has history about my family and honestly, I'm horrified," said Odalys Avil, a local woman whose records were among those discovered at the landfill. "I think there should be a law that's against medical companies or doctors just throwing out information without it being shred."
The Florida Department of Health requires medical facilities to retain medical records for 10 years, but no regulations exist regarding how to dispose of the records following that initial period.
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