INDIANAPOLIS -- The Indiana Attorney General’s office began reviewing medical records dumped last week in recycling bins in Broad Ripple Park.
A spokesperson for the state consumer protection division says they are looking at files in three separate boxes. Information on the documents indicate come of them belonged to a Dr. Thomas James Moore. Moore had a practice in Carmel until 2009. It’s unclear how his records ended up in a public recycling bin in Indianapolis.
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The attorney general’s office currently has 24 open abandoned records cases. They are not limited to health care providers and also include records recovered from professionals who receive a state issued license like accountants and real estate agents.
You can check the state database by clicking on this link: www.in.gov/attorneygeneral/2808.htm
If your provider is on the list you will need to file a written request to see if your records are being held by the state.
You can get an Abandoned Records Request Form by calling 1-800-382-5516.
