Access to Your Medical Records
From: Helen Dynda (olddad66@runestone.net)
Tue Mar 20 11:01:18 2001
[] Access to Your Medical Records
http://www.patientadvocacy.com/access.htm
You have the right to copies of medical records in the possession of health
care providers. This does not include notations and comments from
practitioners that might be located within those records. To obtain a copy
of any medical records, you or your representative need to request the copy
in writing. Patients or their representatives are not to be charged for
inspection of the medical record, but reasonable charges may be levied for
copies. Regulations define reasonable charges for copying as not more than
$12 for the first ten or fewer pages, and $.25 for each additional page.
Actual postage costs may also be charged. You may be required to pay the
actual cost of reproducing x-rays or other items which cannot be reproduced
without special equipment.
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