Funny thing, Loren. Though the right to inspect includes the right to copy, the HDOH won’t allow the public to photocopy the index books.
Why do you suppose that is? Does it bother you at all that the rules are being blatantly ignored?
And while you’re at it, where is the duplicate record for Mae Obado?
Says who?
Anonymous Person #2, "TsunamiGeno," doesn't say anything about not being allowed to make copies. Moreover, the Post & Email's "researcher" obviously managed to come back with a copy of the index data, and even explicitly said there's an area where you go to make digital copies.
“Though the right to inspect includes the right to copy, the HDOH won’t allow the public to photocopy the index books.”
In this day and age of cell phone cameras, I cannot buy this excuse. I can imagine that HDOH wouldn’t help anyone copy it, or doesn’t provide a copier in that area. But if someone can see it, they can snap a pic.