MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2007 - SECT 156 Inspection etc of medical records
MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2007 - SECT 156
Inspection etc of medical records156 Inspection etc of medical records
(cf 1990 Act, s 276)
(1) A patient or person having any matter before the Tribunal is, unless the Tribunal otherwise determines, entitled to inspect or otherwise have access to any medical records in the possession of any person relating to the patient or person.
(2) A representative of a person having any matter before the Tribunal is entitled, at any time before or during the consideration of that matter by the Tribunal, to inspect or otherwise have access to any medical records in the possession of any person relating to the firstmentioned person.
(3) Subject to any order or direction of the Tribunal, in relation to an inspection under subsection (2) of, or other access under that subsection to, any medical record relating to a person--(a) if a medical practitioner warns the representative of the person that it may be harmful to communicate to the person, or any other person, specified information contained in those medical records, the representative is to have full and proper regard to that warning, and(b) the representative is not obliged to disclose to the person any information obtained by virtue of the inspection or other access.