Legal Question in Health Care Law in Florida

my medical records

If I go to my doctors office, and take my personal medical file, am I braking the law. I live in Fl. Who really owns my records? I already know that I can request copies, but my file is the size of the L.A phone book and I am going to be changing doctors and I would like my entire file.


Asked on 5/06/09, 10:49 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Alan Wagner Wagner, McLaughlin & Whittemore P.A.

Re: my medical records

You are entitled to a copy of your records. You are not entitled to steal the office chart, however. You can request a copy. You can have you new doctor request a copy (sometimes that is easier). The chart is not "your" chart -- although you are entitled to receive a copy.

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Answered on 5/06/09, 12:52 pm


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