Statute · California Health and Safety Code
Cal. Health & Safety Code § 123100 — Patient Access to Health Records
Cal. Health & Safety Code § 123100
- Type
- Statute
- Source
- California Health and Safety Code
- Jurisdiction
- California
- Date
- 1996-01-01
- Current through
- Nov 2, 2026 (California Legislative Counsel)
The Legislature finds and declares that every person having ultimate responsibility for decisions respecting his or her own health care also possesses a concomitant right of access to complete information respecting his or her condition and care provided. Similarly, persons having responsibility…
Citator
Cal. Health & Safety Code § 123100 — Patient Access to Health Records is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.
The Legislature finds and declares that every person having ultimate responsibility for decisions respecting his or her own health care also possesses a concomitant right of access to complete information respecting his or her condition and care provided. Similarly, persons having responsibility for decisions respecting the health care of others should, in general, have access to information on the patient’s condition and care. It is, therefore, the intent of the Legislature in enacting this chapter to establish procedures for providing access to health care records or summaries of those records by patients and by those persons having responsibility for decisions respecting the health care of others.