Main provisions
Correction of inaccurate health records8
1
Where a person considers that any information contained in a health record, or any part of a health record, to which he has been given access under Article 5(2) is inaccurate, he may apply to the holder of the record for the necessary correction to be made.
2
On an application under paragraph (1), the holder of the record shall—
a
if he is satisfied that the information is inaccurate, make the necessary correction;
b
if he is not so satisfied, make in the part of the record in which the information is contained a note of the matters in respect of which the information is considered by the applicant to be inaccurate; and
c
in either case, without requiring any fee, supply the applicant with a copy of the correction or note.
3
In this Article “inaccurate” means incorrect, misleading or incomplete.