Re: Dental Records


jkutti2000@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
hmmm.

what if I am relocating to another continent... and I want to take all
my records . with me.. have still not decided on a dentist there....
how do i ask them to hand me over my records.

same thing for medical records... one Dr. I saw.. wanted 25$ for a copy
of all my records. but it was free to transfer them to another
Doctor.. So i got them transferrred to the Dr no 2. and then requested
them for a copy and guess what he said... " that he will only release
those copies back to the sender." and not to me.

i agree that you pay for the visit you should own the records.
However....Doctors do actually have a legitamite reason for
keeping the orginals which is lawsuits. If they gave the originals
to you and you lost the records and sued the doctor a couple of years
later afterall, how would they defend themselves?

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