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Originally Posted by SenorKeeed
Don't patients have the right to obtain their own medical records? Don't they belong to the patient rather than the doctor? If Trump authorized his lawyer to remove his medical records from that doctor what's wrong with that exactly?
While I am, by no means, an expert on HIPAA, I don't think there is a provision allowing an individual or representatives of an individual to collect their own records.
The individual has right of access and rights to be furnished a copy, but there are procedural rules in place for how these are handled none of which (to my knowledge) allows for turning up on the doctor's door step and taking records away from the practice.
Edit: I feel stupid right now.