Duty LXD-6843
Handles health records, in Indiana
Health records: a provider's duty to protect the confidentiality of records it uses and disclosesin force3 lines
Ind. Code § 16-39-5-3 · Read the law's page
- If you are a provider using a patient's original health record for a legitimate business purpose without specific written authorization, protect the confidentiality of the record at all times and disclose the patient's identity only when disclosure is essential to your business use or to quality assurance and peer review (Ind. Code 16-39-5-3(c) and (d)).
- If you disclose a health record to another provider or to a nonprofit research organization for a scientific, statistical or educational project, make sure each party that receives information protects the confidentiality of the record and does not disclose the patient's identity except as the article allows (16-39-5-3(e)).
- Disclose a patient's identity to the Indiana hospital trade association for a data aggregation project only when the disclosure is essential to the project (16-39-5-3(f)).
Release of health records to the patient and authorized persons: access within 30 days, written consent for release, and a fine for noncompliancein force5 lines
Ind. Code §§ 16-39-1-1 to 16-39-1-5 · Read the law's page
- If you are a provider, supply a patient the health records you possess concerning the patient on written request and reasonable notice (Ind. Code 16-39-1-1(c)).
- On a patient's written request and reasonable notice, furnish the patient or the patient's designee a copy of the patient's health record used in assessing the patient's health condition or, at the patient's option, the pertinent part of the record relating to a specific condition (16-39-1-1(d)).
- Provide the health records within 30 days after the written request, unless within that period you seek an extension of not more than 30 days and tell the patient in writing the reasons and the date by which you will provide them (16-39-1-1(e)).
- On a patient's written request and reasonable notice, give the patient or the patient's designee access to, or a copy of, the patient's x-ray image at no cost (16-39-1-2).
- Release a patient's health record on the patient's written consent, which must state the patient's name and address, the person asked to release the record, the recipient, the purpose, a description of the information, the signature and date, a statement that the consent can be revoked at any time except to the extent action has been taken in reliance on it, and when it expires (16-39-1-4).