*A health care provider may
charge a reasonable fee to cover the costs incurred in searching,
handling, copying, and mailing medical records to the patient or the
patient's designated
representative. The maximum fee for each request shall be
seventy-five cents (75¢) per page for the first 25 pages, fifty
cents (50¢) per page for pages 26 through 100, and twenty-fivecents (25¢) for each page in excess of 100 pages, provided that the
health care provider may impose a minimum fee of up to ten dollars
($10.00), inclusive of copying costs.
If requested by the patient or the patient's designated
representative, nothing herein shall limit a reasonable professional
fee charged by a physician for the review and preparation
of a narrative summary of the patient's medical record. This section
shall only apply with respect to liability claims for personal
injury, and claims for social security disability,
except that charges for medical records and reports related to
claims under Article 1 of Chapter 97 of the General Statutes shall
be governed by the fees established by the North
Carolina Industrial Commission pursuant to G.S. 97-26.1. This
section shall not apply to Department of Health and Human Services
Disability Determination
Services requests for copies of medical records made on behalf of an
applicant for Social Security or Supplemental Security Income
disability.
(1993, c. 529, s. 4.3; 1993
(Reg. Sess., 1994), c. 679, s. 5.5; 1995 (Reg. Sess., 1996), c. 742,
s. 36; 1997-443, ss. 11.3, 11A.118(b).) |