1. All health care establishments are obliged to keep medical files of their patients. The health documentation must be evidentiary, correct and readable continually supplemented.
   The contents of the medical file is as follows:
   • A patient’s personal data to the extent necessary for his identification and anamnesis;
   • Information on a patient’s diseases;
   • Course and results of examinations;
   • Treatment;
   • Important factors of his health condition;
   • Health care procedures.
2. A patient has a right to the information included in health documentation and related to him or information included in other reports concerning his health condition. As the law does not stipulate direct access, it is sufficient when a patient receives the information indirectly through the health care professional.
3. Czech law includes the right for a person receiving treatment to obtain all information in his or her medical records. However, hospitals interpret this to mean that the patient has a right merely to be informed about the content of the documentation, not to have a copy of it.
4. Corrections are entered in a new report with the date, identification and signature of their maker. The original report must remain readable. It is not sure whether this article relates to corrections that are made at the request of the patient, corrections in the file on the initiative of the physician or both.

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