2006-09-29 01:58:07 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Other - Health
ask for them at your doctors office, but law they have to let you have them even if there is a charge for a copy and you can not pay.
2006-09-29 02:00:07 · answer #1 · answered by me 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm a nursing student and I know that all you have to do is to ask for your records at your doctor's office. Sometimes they charge you for a copy. If you don't want to pay them, just ask them if you could just look at them while you're sitting in their office. But this is only if you do not need a hard copy of your records.
2006-09-29 09:08:24 · answer #2 · answered by Bookworm 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I work at a hospital and if you need the records for continuation of care (another doctor) there is no charge, but if you want them for personal reasons or for an attorney there is a charge. Where I am from it is $1.00 a page for the first 25 pages and then 50 cents a page after that, plus tax. But you have the right to buy what you want.
2006-09-29 09:05:14 · answer #3 · answered by SB 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are intitaled by law to see your own medical records. However some doctors will say that you cant copy them as they are owned by the doctors. You would have to see your own doctors about there rules on your records.
2006-09-29 09:08:51 · answer #4 · answered by Jo. 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The doctor must give you your medical records. It's the law.
2006-09-29 09:02:12 · answer #5 · answered by Mary Smith 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ask your doctor for a copy. There maybe a few to cover copying costs etc. Simple.
2006-09-29 09:00:07 · answer #6 · answered by Sally J 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As others have already stated, you approach your own GP, usually in writing. You must give a certain amount of time before being allowed to view your records as the doctor is entitled to legally remove items that may endanger either yourself or a third party. i.e. if someone told him/her something in confidence about you; something that may endanger another's life if you were to find out something; something that may endanger your own life if you were to find it out.
2006-10-02 20:33:10 · answer #7 · answered by micksmixxx 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are entitled to see your records but they can be withheld in certain circumstance. I don't think the doctor is obliged to let you have a copy.
2006-09-29 09:15:02 · answer #8 · answered by migelito 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Under current legislation, you are entitled to see your own records. Consult your G.P. andwrite a letter to that effect and hey presto you can read all about you. Good luck.
2006-09-29 09:03:46 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need to request them in writing there may be a charge
2006-09-29 09:13:57 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋