78B-5-619 - Access to medical records of deceased patient.
78B-5-619. Access to medical records of deceased patient.
For purposes of Section 78B-5-618, and 45 C.F.R., Parts 160 and 164, Standards forPrivacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information, a health care provider with medicalrecords of a deceased person may recognize the deceased person's surviving spouse or an adultchild as a personal representative.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 3, 2008 General Session