1. The Medical Practices Act contains a provision regarding the duty of physicians to keep medical records of their patients. Also, the Order No. 665 of 14 September 1998 on information and consent and the communication of information relating to health indicates the responsibilities of the health care provider in charge of the treatment with regard to the recording in the patient's file of information communicated and disseminated, in accordance with Circular No. 235 of 19 December 1996 on the duty of physicians to keep organized records.
2. Upon request from a patient, the patient must be informed of processing of health information contained in patient records etc. If such information is processed, the patient must, at his request and in an easily understandable form, be informed about:1) the data processed; 2) the purpose of the processing; 3) categories of recipients of information; and 4) accessible information regarding the source of this information.
3. Access to the medical file can be performed either by reading the file on-the-spot or by receiving a copy of it.
4. A health care provider may forward information regarding the history of the illness of a deceased patient, the cause of death and the way of death to the nearest relatives, when this is not considered being against the wishes of the deceased, and respect for the deceased or other private interests are no obstacle to the information being forwarded. Information may also be forwarded to the nearest relatives. This means that with the written consent of the patient, the health care provider may forward information concerning the patient’s health condition to the relatives when this information is necessary for justified handling of an obvious general interest or of considerable interest for the relatives.

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