Patient Access to Health Records(PAHRA)

The IPA shall prevail over PAHRA with respect to records maintained by a state agency.

PAHRA does not relieve employers from complying with CMIA or government agencies from complying with IPA.

Legislature declares intent of PAHRA is to establish procedures for providing access to health care records by patients.

A patient shall be entitled to inspect patient records upon presenting to the health care provider a written request for those records and upon payment of reasonable clerical costs.

X-rays need not be provided if copies are transmitted to the health care provider upon request of the patient.

A health care provider may prepare a summary of the patient record in accordance with this section rather than allowing access to the entire record.

A health care provider may prepare a summary of the record for inspection rather than allowing access to the entire record, as long as the summary of the record is available to the patient within 10 working days from the date of the patient's request.

A health care professional who orders a clinical lab test shall arrange for the results to be provided to the patient if so requested by the patient.

A patient may revoke any consent previously provided, except if action has been taken in reliance on that consent

Upon written request, a patient is entitled to a free copy of his patient records if he can also prove the records are needed to appeal eligibility for a public benefits program.