I think some of you are confusing hydrocodone (which is the drug in question) with oxycodone. Oxycodone is a schedule 2 (C2) prescription drug and NEVER, by federal law, has refills, but is much stronger and, as a result, has a higher street value. And by the way, 90 pills for a 30-day supply is not uncommon at all for hydrocodone. I work in a pharmacy right outside a hospital; I fill a few dozen precriptions, every shift, for hydrocodone and oxycodone, and that's not at all an uncommon quantity and dosage for hydrocodone- it's just one pill every 8 hours (3 a day).
Also,
here is the applicable section of law under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)- sections NOT in bold are my added words for clarification:
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Permitted disclosure: Crime on premises. A covered entity (you, the worker)
may disclose to a law enforcement official protected health information that the covered entity believes in good faith constitutes evidence of criminal conduct that occurred on the premises of the covered entity."
In other words, if you believe a crime was committed, you are allowed to report it to the police. Keep in mind that, as with everything in the HIPAA law, you may only divulge necessary information. This means you may disclose details concerning the act in question, but if you went on and started talking about other personal health information, you're not covered for those disclosures and would be in violation of the HIPAA law.