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Rights regarding the Medical File| ITALY
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| The rights regarding the medical file - such as the right to a medical file, the right to access or copy the medical file and the right to correction, erasure and/or demolition – are not provided as specific rights by the Code of Medical Ethics. The right to a medical file may be deducted from section 92 of the Decree 196/2003 on data protection. This article stipulates that where public and private health care bodies draw up and retain clinical records in compliance with the applicable legislation, suitable precautions shall be taken to ensure that the data are understandable as well as to keep the data concerning a patient separate from those concerning other data subjects – including the information related to unborn children. |