KRS 422.310: Personal attendance of custodian of hospital records, when.

The personal attendance of the employee of the hospital charged with the responsibility of

being custodian of the original charts or records specified in the subpoena shall be

required if the records pertain to a patient treated by a psychiatrist and the hospital has not

received within the thirty (30) days preceding service of the subpoena an authorization

signed by the patient or his legal guardian permitting the contents of the records to be

released. If personal attendance of a witness is required for t he reason provided in this

section, the hospital may nevertheless elect to substitute true, legible and durable copies

of the charts or records specified in the subpoena duces tecum by the giving of a written

notice of such election, in which case payment to the hospital of the actual and reasonable

expenses of duplication of such charts or records by any party to the proceeding in which

the subpoena was issued, or such party's attorney of record, shall be a condition precedent

to the personal attendance of any person pursuant to the subpoena, unless otherwise

ordered by the court or other body before which said action or proceeding is pending.