Ouch, I'm unclear on the rules. It seems to me that a patient should have access to any of their records. In the U.S., we have these fairly new HIPAA rules that address that among other privacy concerns, but I'm not sure what the new rules say. About 15 years ago, I moved from one part of the country to another while in the midst of a mysterious medical problem. I had had a number of diagnostic tests done in my old location, and wanted a copy of my records for the new location, although I didn't have a new doctor yet. (I also suspected my doctor in the old place was not very good and not even analyzing the results of the tests she ordered--another story--so I was also interested to check on what conclusions she had written in my chart.) Anyway, the old doctor's clinic would not release my records to me! I was astounded. It was just blood test results and stuff. They said they would only send to my new doctor. So after I moved and had a new address, I put in a request to them for my records and had them sent to my apartment under my husband's name, using the title "Dr." They thought they were sending the records to my new doctor. Ha, ha. (Both my husband and I have the title "Dr." so that part was certainly no deception.)