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HIPAA sets a national standard for accessing medical information. State laws can give you more rights, but cannot give you less rights.

HIPAA guarantees you the right to see, copy and request changes to your medical record.

You can be charged to copy all or part of your records.

HIPAA sets a limit on the fees.

To learn the legal limitations on what you can be charged to copy medical records in a particular state, as well as how to request a copy, see: http://ihcrp.georgetown.edu/privacy/records.html offsite link


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