§622-57 Availability of medical records. If a patient of a health care provider as defined in section 671-1, requests copies of his or her medical records, the copies shall be made available to the patient unless in the opinion of the health care provider it would be detrimental to the health of the patient to obtain the records. If the health care provider is of the opinion that release of the records to the patient would be detrimental to the health of the patient, the health care provider shall advise the patient that copies of the records will be made available to the patient's attorney upon presentation of a proper authorization signed by the patient.

If an attorney for a patient asks a health care provider for copies of the patient's medical records and presents a proper authorization from the patient for the release of the information, complete and accurate copies of the records shall be given to the attorney within a reasonable time not to exceed ten working days.

Reasonable costs incurred by a health care provider in making copies of medical records shall be borne by the requesting person. [L 1976, c 219, §15; am L 1984, c 150, §1]