WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 480
(ii) A related institution as defined in § 19-301 of this article.

(3) (i) "Medical record" means each record of medical care that a
facility keeps on an individual.

(ii) "Medical record" includes a record that is kept in manual or
automated form.

(4) "Person in interest" means:

(i) As to a minor on whom a medical record is kept, a parent of the
minor; and

(ii) As to an adult on whom a medical record is kept:

1. The adult;

2. A designee of the adult; or

3. If the adult has been adjudicated a disabled person, the
spouse or a legal representative of the adult.

(b) (1) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, a facility shall comply
within a reasonable time after a person in interest requests, in writing:

(i) To receive a copy of a medical record; or
(ii) To see and copy the medical record.

(2) If a medical record relates to a psychiatric or psychological problem
and the attending physician believes disclosure of the medical record to be medically
contraindicated, the facility may refuse to disclose the medical record but, on written
request, shall make a summary of the medical record available to the person in interest.

(3) If a medical record that is kept on a minor relates to diagnosis or
treatment of a venereal disease or to use of a drug, the facility is not required to
disclose the medical record to any person other than the minor or a designee of the
minor.

(4) A facility may require a person in interest who requests a copy of a
medical record to pay the prevailing cost of copying.

(e) (1) Each facility shall establish procedures by which a person in interest
may request an addition to or other correction of a medical record. However, a person
in interest may not have any information deleted from a medical record.

(2) Within a reasonable time after a person in interest asks to have a
medical record changed, the facility shall:

(i) Make the requested change; or

(ii) Refuse to make the change and give the person in interest written
notice of the refusal.

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