Section 25: Right to access medical records.

The Mental Healthcare Act, 2017Central Act · Act 10 of 2017

(1) All persons with mental illness shall have the right to access their basic medical records as may be prescribed.

(2) The mental health professional in charge of such records may withhold specific information in the medical records if disclosure would result in,—

(a) serious mental harm to the person with mental illness; or

(b) likelihood of harm to other persons.

(3) When any information in the medical records is withheld from the person, the mental health professional shall inform the person with mental illness of his right to apply to the concerned Board for an order to release such information.

Where this provision sits

Act	The Mental Healthcare Act, 2017
Section	25
Marginal note	Right to access medical records.
Jurisdiction	Central
Status	In force as published by the source

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