Does an individual have a right to request health information collected before 1 July 2002 to be corrected if they feel it is inaccurate, incomplete, misleading or not up to date?
Yes, if the individual is able to establish that the information is inaccurate, incomplete, misleading or not up to date, the organisation must take reasonable steps to correct the information. It is not relevant as to when the information was collected, but it would not be necessary to alter every page of a record that had a wrong address as long as the current address was on any page that is still be used.
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