---
title: "Log medical records against a subpoena's categories"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/health-and-medical-law/log-medical-records-against-a-subpoena-or-discovery-category/united-states"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A32-T1-R11-US"
practice_area: "Health & Medical Law"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# Log medical records against a subpoena's categories

> For each category the subpoena commands, list the record in the file that matches it or mark the category as not in the file. Do not decide that production is permitted.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/practice/health-and-medical-law/log-medical-records-against-a-subpoena-or-discovery-category/united-states  
Last reviewed: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Health & Medical Law](https://ailawframework.com/practice/health-and-medical-law.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | For each category the subpoena commands, list the record in the file that matches it or mark the category as not in the file. Do not decide that production is permitted. |
| What the lawyer must review | Rule 45(a) requires a subpoena to state the court, the title and civil-action number, and to command the person to attend and testify, to produce designated documents, electronically stored information, or tangible things in that person's possession, custody, or control, or to permit inspection, and to set out the text of Rule 45(d) and (e). You read (d) and (e) before a command is answered. Those subsections were not the source of this log. 45 CFR § 164.502 still limits disclosure of protected health information. A match between a category and a record is not a decision that the disclosure is permitted. You make that decision. Formal Opinion 512 applies to the use of a tool on the records. |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [Log medical records against a subpoena or discovery category](https://ailawframework.com/practice/health-and-medical-law/log-medical-records-against-a-subpoena-or-discovery-category.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: For each category the subpoena commands, list the record in the file that matches it or mark the category as not in the file. Do not decide that production is permitted.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- This is a civil subpoena under Rule 45. A criminal subpoena or a state form uses its own rule.
- Rule 45(d) and (e), including undue burden and the place of compliance, were not restated. Open them before objecting or producing.

## Sources

- [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 45](https://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcp/rule_45) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [45 CFR § 164.502 (uses and disclosures of protected health information)](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-45/subtitle-A/subchapter-C/part-164/subpart-E/section-164.502) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [ABA Formal Opinion 512, Generative Artificial Intelligence Tools (29 July 2024)](https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/professional_responsibility/ethics-opinions/aba-formal-opinion-512.pdf) (checked 2026-10-22)

## Forms and precedents for this task

| Form or precedent | Kind | AI level | Summary |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Responding to a subpoena for medical records: health service checklist and production schedule (NSW courts)](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/health-and-medical-law/subpoena-for-medical-records-response-checklist.md) | Checklist | Yellow | A checklist for a hospital, clinic or practitioner served with a subpoena to produce medical records in NSW civil proceedings: validity, conduct money, scope, privacy and privilege, copies, the… |

Signed-in accounts can read the full text of each one.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*