The family member of the doctor whose sensitive medical records were found in a dumpster in Hixon, Tenn., two weeks ago will not be charged with any crime.

According to Jerri Weary, public information officer with the Chattanooga Police Department:

The records were found improperly discarded on May 16 when a family member of cosmetic surgeon John Franklin cleared out a home storage area where the medical records had been held since Franklin’s death.

Because the records contained patient-sensitive information, the Chattanooga Police Department was called to recover the records from the recycling center and to determine whether discarding the files was a violation of HIPPA laws and standards.

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