A texas Nurse was charged with misuse of official information while blowing the whistle on a "bad doc". I know in CA that there are laws to protect whistle blower. However I do not know what kind of laws there are in other states... So lets get a rip roarin discussion going on this and see what we can hash out for thoughts on this....
http://www.cbs7.com/news/details.asp?ID=17849
http://sanantonio.injuryboard.com/medical-malpractice/texas-whistleblower-nurse-stands-trial.aspx?googleid=278006