Access to records about a resident
78 Access to records about a resident
This section applies to a record about a resident in a residential service kept by the service provider including, for a registered service, a record about a resident kept under section 77.
If asked by the resident, the service provider must, within the time stated in subsection (3), give the resident or another person access to the record to enable the resident or other person to inspect the record or take a copy.
Maximum penalty—10 penalty units.
The time for giving the access is—
for a record needed by the resident or other person in an emergency—immediately; or
otherwise—
for a record containing medical information about the resident—within 24 hours after the request is made; or
for another record—within a reasonable time after the request is made.
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