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Section 25 - Mental Healthcare Act, 2017
25. Right to access medical records.-
(1) All persons with mental illness shall have the right to access their basic medical records as may be prescribed.
(2) The mental health professional in charge of such records may withhold specific information in the medical records if disclosure would result in,-
(a) serious mental harm to the person with mental illness; or
(b) likelihood of harm to other persons.
(3) When any information in the medical records is withheld from the person, the mental health professional shall inform the person with mental illness of his right to apply to the concerned Board for an order to release such information.
Related Sections
- Section 86: Independent admission and treatment
- Section 54: Transfer of assets, liabilities of State Authority
- Section 113: Power of State Government to supersede State Authority
- Section 75: Terms and conditions of service of chairperson and members of Board
- Section 100: Duties of police officers in respect of persons with mental illness
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- Prohibition of Electronic Cigarettes (Production, Manufacture, Import, Export, Transport, Sale, Distribution, Storage and Advertisement) Act, 2019
- National Capital Territory of Delhi (Recognition of Property Rights of Residents in Unauthorised Colonies) Act, 2019
- Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2018
- Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1973
- New Delhi International Arbitration Centre Act, 2019
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