Health Information Act 2026
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Copies of personal health data to be furnished at patient’s request | ||
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8. (1) A patient or a specified person may, by notice in writing, request a health services provider who is providing or has provided health services to the patient to furnish a copy of all or part of the personal health data that the health services provider holds in relation to the patient to a health services provider specified in the notice, who is also a health services provider of the patient concerned. | ||
(2) A health services provider who receives a notice under this section shall, as soon as practicable but not later than one month after the date he or she receives the notice, furnish in accordance with guidelines and, free of charge, a copy of the personal health data specified in the notice to the health services provider specified in the notice. | ||
(3) A health services provider shall, on or as soon as reasonably practicable after furnishing a copy of the personal health data in accordance with subsection (2), advise the patient or the specified person by notice in writing, that the copy has been furnished to the health services provider concerned. | ||
(4) Nothing in this section shall be construed as requiring a health services provider to furnish to another health services provider a copy of personal health data the subject of a request under this section where the patient or specified person has, by notice in writing, withdrawn the request. | ||
(5) This section is without prejudice to the right of access of a data subject provided for in Article 15 of the Data Protection Regulation or of a person under the Freedom of Information Act 2014 . | ||
(6) In this section, “specified person” means a person who is a member of a class of persons specified in guidelines to act on behalf of a patient for the purpose of this section. |