No. HIPPA (the Health Information Personal Privacy Act) doesn't allow anyone but the doctor, nurses, and patient any information about the patient, illnesses, etc.
Be glad it doesn't too. Or we'd all have a very big problem.
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The law that provides access to government records with exceptions for records with medical info is the Freedom of Information Act.
The law that provides access to government records with exceptions for records with medical info is the Freedom of Information Act.
Depending o the level of clearance being requested, it could require access to these records.
If your hospital has your records in a database, you can access them by the help of your password.
The Privacy Rule controls the access a patient has to her own medical records.
so that unauthorised persons do not get access to the records.
Not legally.
Medical records are typically destroyed within 7-10 years, so it's unlikely that you could get your mother's medical records from 1997.