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Oklahoma
Access to medical records: a patient's right to see and copy medical records held by a doctor, hospital or medical institution
Access to Medical Records, Okla. Stat. tit. 76, Secs. 19-20
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A data subject rights rule binding public and private bodies.
- Obligation class
- Data subject rights, Disclosure
As of .
What it requires
- 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).
These lines are LexLint's reading of the law's text, as of .
If you get it wrong
Criminal exposureYes
Criminal exposure note
Section 20 of Title 76 makes it a misdemeanor for any person to refuse to furnish records or information required by section 19.
What this law does
A person who is or has been a patient of a doctor, hospital or other medical institution is entitled, on request, to obtain access to the information contained in the patient's medical records, including any x-ray or other photograph or image, pathology slide or the patient's medical bills.
Disclosure regarding a deceased patient requires either a court order or a written release of an executor, administrator or personal representative appointed by the court, or if there is no such appointment, of the spouse or, if none, of a responsible member of the family.
A patient must be furnished copies of all medical records, including any x-ray, other photograph or image, pathology slide or medical bills, on request and on tender of the expenses the paragraph lists, and the cost of each copy to the patient is fifty cents for each page.
A physician, hospital or other medical professional or institution, or its business associate, may not charge a person who requests the person's own record a fee for searching, retrieving, reviewing and preparing the medical records.
The access and copy provisions do not apply to psychological, psychiatric, mental health or substance abuse treatment records, for which access is obtained under section 1-109 of Title 43A. Any person refusing to furnish records or information required by section 19 of Title 76 is guilty of a misdemeanor. Section 19 of Title 76 was enacted by Laws 1976, SB 622, c.44, section 3, with an emergency effective date of . Section 19 of Title 76 was most recently amended by Laws 2021, SB 96, c.231, section 1, effective .
When LexLint raises it
When your app profile says your app handles health records.