Client Access to Health Records

Practitioners and their facility managers must publicly share specific instructions for clients or their guardians to access their health records.

Persons responsible for compliance under this rule must prominently post on any related website and at any facility detailed instructions for a client to request the client’s health care records from the practitioner or facility;

Who does this apply to?

Any practitioner, with respect to a website that advertises the practitioner’s services;

Any practitioner with management authority, with respect to:

1. a website that advertises the services of a facility; and
2. the signage at a facility; and

Any licensed or accredited facility, with respect to a website that advertises the services of the facility and to the signage at the facility.