Your Own Medical Records
Health-Gen. § 4-304 — a copy on written request, and a correction you can ask for
In Maryland, a health care provider complies within a reasonable time after a person in interest asks in writing to receive a copy of a medical record, or to see and copy it.
- If a record of a psychiatric or psychological problem would, in the provider's view, be injurious to the patient, the provider may withhold that portion, but on written request makes a summary available and lets another provider treating the same condition examine and copy it.
- A provider charges a reasonable cost based fee, and for copying and mailing no more than 76 cents for each page, subject to the additional charges the section allows.
- The fee rules do not apply to x-rays.
A record can be corrected, but nothing in it can be deleted. A provider sets up a way for a person in interest to ask for an addition or correction. Within a reasonable time it makes the change or gives written notice of refusal with each reason. After a final refusal, the person may insert a concise statement of disagreement, and that statement travels with the record whenever it is disclosed. A person in interest may not have information deleted.
The additional charges a provider may add to the per page fee, and the rules for State facilities, are in the section and are not reproduced in full here. Whether a charge or a refusal was proper is a question for a court and for a licensed Maryland attorney.
Sources for this section (1)
- Md. Code, Health-Gen. § 4-304 — Disclosure of medical records on request
Legal information, not legal advice. Verified as of October 2026. Applying it to a particular situation is the work of a licensed Maryland attorney.