In Illinois you have the right to: See and get a copy of your medical record. a copy of it within 30 days after they receive your request.
With limited exceptions, the HIPAA Privacy Rule (the Privacy Rule) provides individuals with a legal, enforceable right to see and receive copies upon request of the information in their medical and other health records maintained by their health care providers and health plans.
Illinois law works in tandem with federal regulations regarding medical records, under the federal law known as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). HIPAA requires doctors and their staff to keep your medical records strictly confidential.
Under the Illinois Hospital Licensing Act, healthcare facilities must retain the medical records of every patient as per hospital policy and for at least ten years. This act implies that a subpoena for medical records in Illinois can go ten years back.
What is the Local Records Act? The Local Records Act (50 ILCS 205), enacted in 1962, regulates the preservation and disposal of public records for all units of local government in Illinois.
Please address questions about this form to: Rush University Medical Center, ATTN: Health Information Management Office, 1611 West Harrison Street, L1, Suite 001, Chicago, IL 60612, Telephone: (312) 942-7262, Fax: (312) 942-2264. FORM MUST BE COMPLETED IN ITS ENTIRETY.
You can submit your medical records request via email or mail to the hospital from which you're seeking the records. If you send via mail, please address the envelope to the attention of the Health Information Management Department at the hospital. You also can stop in and drop off your request in person.
If the hospital has been notified in writing by an attorney before the expiration of the 10 year retention period that there is litigation pending in court involving the record of a particular patient as possible evidence and that the patient is his client or is the person who has instituted such litigation against his ...
A record that has an administrative reference value of three years, but also has an archival or historical value, will likely have a retention period that states: “Retain three (3) years in office, and then transfer to the Illinois State Archives for permanent retention.”
State patient record retention policies StateStatuteRetention Period Illinois 77 Ill. Admin. Code § 250.520 10 years Indiana Ind. Code § 16-39-6-8 7 years Iowa Iowa Admin. Code r. 641-34.9(147,148) 10 years Kansas Kan. Admin. Regs. § 28-1-6 10 years46 more rows •