Posted by Dinah on January 31, 2003, at 21:11:29
In reply to Re: Records retrieval, posted by mair on January 31, 2003, at 17:29:47
Mair, in my state you're legally entitled to a copy of your file, including notes, unless the professional thinks it would be harmful for you. But you aren't entitled to the originals. In fact, I don't think they could give you the originals if they wanted to.
My concern is enforcement. All this may be law, but who's to say that the family will follow the rules. Or everyone might die with the records in the house or storage, and they might get ditched inappropriately. If there is no follow-up by the governing bodies, how do we know that the rules will be followed?
poster:Dinah
thread:2352
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