Below is the Florida state statute which controls the amount of money that doctors, hospitals, and other health care providers can charge for copies of medical records provided to the patient or the patient’s attorney for use in personal injury or wrongful death civil cases. Note that there may be other statutes which pertain to workers’ compensation claims, Social Security disability matters, etc.
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Florida
Florida Statutes 395.3025
Records requested by someone other than the patient:
- Exclusive charge for copies may include sales tax and actual postage
- Non-paper records not to exceed $2.00 per page
- Paper records not to exceed $1.00 per page
- A fee of up to $1.00 may be charged for each year of records requested
Florida Statutes 395.301, Itemized Patient Bill
- The facility may not charge the patient for making such verification records available; however, the facility may charge its usual fee for providing copies of records as specified in s. 395.3025.
Rule 64B8-10.003, Florida Administrative Code
Records requested by the patient or governmental entities:
- For the first 25 pages, the cost shall be $1.00 per page.
- For each page in excess of 25 pages, the cost shall be $0.25.
- Actual cost of reproducing non-written records such as x-rays. The phrase “actual costs” means the cost of the material and supplies used to duplicate the record, as well as the labor costs and overhead costs associated with such duplication.
- “Recognizing that patient access to medical records is important and necessary to assure continuity of patient care, the Board of Medicine urges physicians to provide their patients a copy of their medical records, upon request, without cost, especially when the patient is economically disadvantaged.”
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