2007-01-23 07:42:20 · 9 answers · asked by tmfnj 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
It is perfectly legal for them to re-coop some of thier cost. They are paying for the paper and for someone to take the time to make the copies. Yes, they can ask you to foot some of that cost.
2007-01-23 07:47:26 · answer #1 · answered by rebel g 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Umm to previous answerers, I think he/she meant a dollar per page!! Which, depending on how sick you have been can be pretty costly.
I am in Canada and here it is perfectly legal to charge for copies, and we are a public health system. The maximum price that can be charged per copy is governed by the Medical Association. (I think it is about 0.75$ per page)
You are paying for the time and the hard costs. I work in an law office and toner for copiers can be pretty hefty. For the current machine we have, remanufactured toner cartridges cost about $60CDN and we go through one about every 1 1/2 weeks, more if we have to caopy large files or records. The 1 1/2 weeks is basically for the 'average' copying, printing and faxing of only one lawyer. We consume about 1 1/2 cases of paper per month (again, average month) which cost also about $60.00. Also, when it comes to copying large files, my lawyer has to pay me $15.00 per hour to do so. (And I have had to copy extensive medical records, some files so large that it took me about 3 hours to do so, that's $45.00 out of my bosses pocket just for wages, never mind paper and toner).
So you can see that they are not really making a profit, merely recouping costs.
It probably also prevents people from asking for their records for no real reason, (there are a lot of nuts out there...but I am not saying you are one.)
2007-01-23 08:07:04 · answer #2 · answered by elysialaw 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Note: not a lawyer :)
Yes. Just as it is legal for a county's public records division to also charge you for copies. It is to offset the costs they have of making those copies in the first place: paper, ink, toner, other incidentals.
2007-01-23 07:47:49 · answer #3 · answered by Althea Weiss 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
completely legal. they ought to pay for the paper, the ink/toner and maintenance of their replica and fax machines that take a large style of harm and tear from copying and faxing lots of information for all time, and pay for the the worker whose time is taken out of different place of work responsibilities to guard this type of request. Or, they ought to pay for the scientific information business enterprise they settlement with to try this for them so their place of work artwork rigidity is obtainable for the diverse different place of work responsibilities that on no account end. they are entitled to be compensated for those costs that would desire to ideally be out of their very own pocket.
2016-11-01 02:36:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, they can charge you any fee for the records -- even if they are your own.
2007-01-23 07:46:59 · answer #5 · answered by Shibi 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A whole dollar?!? You better collect some aluminum cans.
2007-01-23 07:50:02 · answer #6 · answered by Wurm™ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is.It;s the same in Ohio.I think it is Bull But they make the rules.
2007-01-23 07:46:44 · answer #7 · answered by Dew 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they can charge you any fee they want. with all the illegals and the con people there, the doc are catching on to them.
2007-01-23 07:51:58 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dude,it's just a dollar
2007-01-23 07:52:29 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋