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# SoP: Medical

## Privacy

The Medical Department is expected to address the needs of all crew with care and confidentiality. Patients should have confidence that their needs will be met effectively and with discretion. A Non-Disclosure Policy thus exists as follows:

- Information in patient records may not be disclosed without a relevant warrant.
- Exceptions include the *existence* of prescriptions or scheduled procedures. What they are specifically is privileged, but calling a crewmember to medbay is not a violation.
- The identity of a patient receiving treatment should not be broadcasted.
- Exceptions can include the location of the patient undergoing treatment ('they're in medbay receiving treatment'), but this is up to medbay's discretion.
- Information gleaned from medical scans should be kept private.

**Repeated failure to obey the Non-Disclosure Policy is grounds for termination from the Medical Department.**

## Suit Sensors

Suit sensors are a core part of Medical's functions. Misuse of it can lead to a lack of trust, and thus lack of use. This directly impairs Medical's ability to fulfill their duties efficiently. Keep common sense and good etiquette in mind when dealing with sensors data.

- Inquiring after someone who is taking damage on sensors is acceptable.
- You should not call out their location on radio unless they are in critical condition.
- Using sensors for non-medical purposes by non-command Medical personnel is not allowed. This extends to relaying specific locations of crewmembers when prompted.
- Heads of Staff have access to the Bridge console for sensor access. Sensor data may not be used by them regardless outside of an active warrant, or threat to life.
- Tracking an individual must only be done for an active manhunt / warrant, or a threat to safety / security, not personal reasons or as general monitoring.

## Threats to the Installation

Privacy is suspended when there is a probable threat to life or the installation as a whole that is discovered by medbay. Examples include but are not limited to:

- Discovery of a xenobiological larvae growing inside someone's body.
- Discovery of an uncontained virus in a patient.
- Calling out for someone in / near critical condition on sensors.
- Non-accidental deaths.
- Mass afflictions suspected to be from external contamination or internal hazards.

The threat must be **probable**, not just possible. The discovery of something unexpected does not automatically mean it is hostile to the installation - medical personnel **must** have clear solid reasoning to enact this clause.