Duty LXD-6853
Handles health records, in Oklahoma
Access to medical records: a patient's right to see and copy medical records held by a doctor, hospital or medical institutionsince 4 lines
Access to Medical Records, Okla. Stat. tit. 76, Secs. 19-20 · Read the law's page
- If you are a doctor, hospital or other medical institution, give a person who is or has been your patient access, on request, to the information in the patient's medical records, including any x-ray or other photograph or image, pathology slide and the patient's medical bills (section 19(A)(1) of Title 76).
- For a deceased patient, require a court order or the written release of an executor, administrator or personal representative appointed by the court, or if there is none, of the spouse or, if none, of a responsible member of the patient's family (section 19(A)(1) of Title 76).
- Furnish copies of all medical records, including any x-ray, other photograph or image, pathology slide and medical bills, on request and on tender of the expenses the paragraph lists, at no more than the fees paragraph 2 sets (section 19(A)(2) of Title 76).
- Do not charge a person who requests their own record a fee for searching, retrieving, reviewing and preparing the medical records (section 19(A)(2) of Title 76).