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  IL Supreme Court says hospitals can't be sued for requiring nurses to scan fingerprints when dispensing patient medicines

  By Jonathan Bilyk | Thursday, Nov 30, 2023 @ 10:53am

  The unanimous ruling said a HIPAA-specific exemption protects Illinois hospitals and health care equipment maker Becton Dickinson from a specific group of potentially catastrophic class action lawsuits under Illinois' biometrics privacy law

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