Legal Question in Medical Malpractice in Canada

Patient Medican Charts
I requested a copy of my entire chart
(which is about 4 inches thick) from
my PCP--they told me it would cost
me 75 cents per page. Recently, for
certain other reasons, I have decided
to discharge myself completely from
that doctor's care, but they insist
that I must still pay the copy fee in
order to obtain my charts. However,
if I am no longer a patient there,
aren't the charts my property, and
shouldn't I be able to get them
without paying close to 200 dollars?

Asked on 3/26/07, 3:11 pm

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Re: Patient Medican Charts

The Public Health Law permits this charge...no one works for free... you are getting your records...you are paying the reproduction costs.

Good Luck

RRG

Answered on 4/04/07, 10:21 pm

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