Where health information has been commissioned/paid for by a third party, e.g. insurance industry, who has responsibility for the record?
If an organisation holds health information about an individual then they are obligated under the Act to provide access to the individual if requested, provided the information does not fall into one of the exemptions. If the health service provider who made the report keeps a copy of the report commissioned by a third party, then the individual about whom the information relates can request access to that information from either the health service provider or the third party.
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