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02.12.2015
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The medical record is a set of classified documents that serve as registration information passed from doctor to patient. The union of all the notes that surveys show data, physical conditions, care provided and other information about the patient's health are contained therein. What consumers should know is that this document is not owned by the doctor, it is also entitled to receive a copy of the record.
This right is provided for in the Code of Medical Ethics and Consumer Protection Code. Under Article 88 of the CEM, is sealed to the doctor "deny to the patient access to their medical records, failure to provide you with a copy upon request, and fail to give explanations necessary for their understanding, unless occasioning risk to self or to third parties ".
The Code, however, in Article 73, prohibits the doctor or public disclosure to third parties information that he has knowledge by reason of their profession, such as the medical record content. This secrecy can only be broken by written consent, the patient, to comply with a court order or to defend the doctor himself.
CDC guarantees
The CDC, the right of access to medical records is laid down in Article 72, where the service provider can not "prevent or hinder the consumer's access to information about it appear in entries, database records and records" subject to the penalty of six months to one year in prison or a fine.
It is also important to remember it is for the doctor, in his office, and clinical directors or technical directors, in health facilities, the responsibility for custody of the records.
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