1. The right to a medical file is implied by several provisions of the Health Care Act. The Act elaborates the content of the medical file in a detailed manner.
2. The patient has the right to access the medical file.    If personal notes of the physician are included, they are also accessible.  If the medical record contains data which could compromise the privacy of other persons, the right to access can only be exercised with regard to the data referring to the patient.
3. The Health Care Act also regulates the right to copy the medical file.  The patient has the right not only to gain access to the medical record but also to receive copies thereof at his own expense.
4. The patient’s spouse, immediate relative, brother or sister and partner have the right to become acquainted with the medical data upon written request during the patient’s life or after his death, if such health data is required in order to identify a reason that might influence their life or health, or in order to provide them health care and there is no other way to become acquainted with such health data or to establish the data by inference.
5. A patient has the right to initiate completion or correction of his medical record if he deems it inaccurate or incomplete.  It shall be included in the medical record by the attending physician or by another person handling such data, together with his professional opinion.  Also according to this provision the incorrect medical data can not be deleted after the complaint.  It has to be corrected in such a way that the data entered originally remains visible.

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