injuries. On August 2, 1999, the State charged Sanders with vehicular homicide in violation of Iowa Code section 707.6A(1) (1999). This statute makes it a class “B” felony to “unintentionally cause [ ] the death of another by operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated.” Iowa Code § 707.6A(1). Several months after commencement of the criminal prosecution the prosecuting attorney obtained a subpoena directed to the hospital commanding it to produce Sanders’ medical records from July 7 and July 8,1999. Sanders filed a motion to quash. The district court ruled that the records fell within the physician/patient privilege but were not protected from discovery by Iowa Code section 622.10 because the subpoena did not seek testimony. See Chidester v. Needles, 353 N.W.2d 849, 852 (Iowa 1984) (<HOLDING>); Iowa Code § 622.10 (prohibiting a physician
holding that a subpoena for medical records may be issued only on a reasonable basis thus implying a privacy interest holding that section 62210 did not prevent a county attorney from obtaining a precharge subpoena for medical records because the subpoena did not require the disclosure of privileged communications by the giving of testimony holding that trial court properly refused to permit disclosure of privileged communications in part because use of the privileged information was not essential to the defense holding that the term timely should be read in conjunction with 45c2b that requires a party subject to a subpoena to object to a subpoena duces tecum within 14 days of service of the subpoena holding that taxpayer who is the target but not the recipient of an administrative subpoena pursuant to 26 usc  7602 may challenge the subpoena