[codercpc]

They are your records. You own them. The doc and hospital are required to keep them. An individual can buy and keep a copy for other docs to use, but the original is required to be kept by the med folks.

Wrong...You do not own your medical records in any way, shape, or form. These are legally the property of the hospital, doctor, health care facility.

If you don't believe me, try out this experiment. Go down to your local Dr's office, and demand your medical record. The most you will get is copies of them, the originals belong to the Dr. If your doctor closes his practice, he will ask you where you want those records forwarded. If you say just send them to you, they will send you copies, and store the originals in a storage facility, or if a certain amount of time has past since you were last seen (Years and Years), they will burn the originals.

[codercpc]

Please disregard message #116, I see that it has already been argued ad-nauseum.

Thats what I get for not reading a thread to the end :}