### Human:\ndoes your spouses doctor have to inform you that your spouse has an std other than hiv? . my spouse and i share the same primary care md he knows about my husbands affairs and he's prescribed antibiotics to him more than once.\n\n### Assistant: because of strict hippa privacy rules a medical provider is prohibited by law from revealing any medical information to another person including a wife. just because your husband was prescribed antibiotics in no way implies that he is being treated for an std.