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.