New South Wales Consolidated Acts

PUBLIC HEALTH ACT 1991 - SECT 36

36 Inspection of medical records

(1) A person to whom a public health order applies, or the authorised agent of such a person, is, unless the appropriate reviewer otherwise directs, entitled to inspect, and make copies of, medical records relating to the person that are kept by another person.

(2) If the medical records are not kept in a readable form, the person in charge of the records is to provide a readable copy of them.