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Opinion Letter No. 93-07
July 27, 1993
Inmates’ Access to Prison Medical Files
The OIP found that a Department of Public Safety
policy, which restricted inmates from inspecting
their prison medical files when the information is irrelevant to
their needs, conflicted with section
622-57, Hawaii Revised Statutes, and is, therefore, invalid. Under
section 622-57, health care
providers, of whom medical units of State correctional facilities
are included, must provide a patient
with copies of their medical records unless it would be detrimental
to the health of the patient.
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