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Can the the copy of dental medical records and x-ray be obtained from my doctor when I change my insurance? |
I live in California and my doctor's refused to give out the copies adverting to obscure law In California the Dental records belong to the Dentist, Notes, diagnosis and so on, all belong to the Dentist. X-rays belong to the patient, but the dentist is the custodian. Original X-rays or reasonable copies must be furnished within 2 weeks of written notice. It's in the California Dental Practice Act this is the holiest of holiest book on Dental Rules to California Dentists. You Can google it. Threaten to call the California Dental Board if he refuses to provide you with your X-rays. Some Dentist prefer to send them directly to your new office. If he still Refuses call the Local Dental Society and see if they have an arbitration process. If they don't after another chance then really call the California Dental Board, use this as a last resort. I can't understand why a dentist would want to withhold X-rays. Be nice. The safest thing to do with your medical/ dental records, inc. x-rays and reports, is to keep them with you at all times. You never know when an emergency arises and you need your medical history at your fingertips. Film XPress puts your entire medical history on disc. www.filmxpress.biz for info they belong to you I believe. THOSE are YOUR records! YOU paid for them and YOU have the right to them. They ask you to sign a form releasing them to you or to your new doctor or dentist. Don't take NO for an answer. Sometimes they will charge you a fee to copy an x-ray, etc but it's usually not much. Watch them tho because one place wanted $10.00 PER SHEET of plain TEXT from my chart! They are lying to you! RN, Lab Tech, did freelance medical transcription for awhile and I've had 27 surgeries and I get ALL my records. HIPAA laws state that all medical records be made available to patients. You do NOT have to sign a release to have them given to you - only if you wish them to be given to a third party. Request the records in writing. Your dentist has 15 days to comply or state IN WRITING why not. Your dentist may ask for a small fee for duplicating the records, but cannot - by law - refuse to give them to you. Please do a Google search on HIPAA(Heath Information Portability and Accountablility Act) and you will find what you need. Tell your dentist you are familiar with this law and he or she will pay attention. |
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