My wife/office manager recommends you check your state statutes as in Arizona the rules/responsibilities are spelled out in the statutes. I also thought HIPAA stated the first copy to a patient is free, yet I could be wrong on that.
Wouldn't it be nice if there was one "cheat" card that would spell out all the main regulations re: records and practice requirements for each state? (Sort of like the one page cram sheet that some professors would allow on tests. Hmm, wonder if we could get our state medical associations to compile these, as this would certainly be a worthy service, and not something to profit off of.)
