{"data":{"id":"us-vt/18-v.s.a.-9419","jurisdiction":"us-vt","citation":"18 V.S.A. § 9419","heading":"Charges for access to medical records","body":"(a) A custodian may impose a charge that is no more than a flat $5.00 fee or no more than $0.50 per page, whichever is greater, for providing copies of an individual’s health care record. A custodian shall provide an individual or the authorized recipient with an itemized bill for the charges assessed. A custodian shall not charge for providing copies of any health care record requested to support a claim or an appeal under any provision of the Social Security Act or for any other federal or State needs-based benefit or program.\n(b) A custodian may charge an individual a fee, reasonably related to the associated costs, for providing copies of X-rays, films, models, disks, tapes, or other health care record information maintained in other formats.\n(c) As used in this section:\n(1) “Custodian” means any person who maintains health care information for any lawful purpose, including a health care provider, a health care facility, or a health insurer.\n(2) “Health care record” means all written and recorded health care information about an individual maintained by a custodian.\n(3) “Individual” means a natural person, alive or dead, who is the subject of health care information and includes, when appropriate, the individual’s attorney-in-fact; legal guardian; health care agent, as defined in chapter 231 of this title; executor; or administrator.","path":["Title 18: Health","Chapter 221: Health Care Administration","Subchapter 002: CLAIMS PROCESSING AND CONTRACT STANDARDS"],"source_url":"https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/18/221/09419","current_through":"2025 session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T17:17:03Z","sha256":"dd69a7ddff9fe6a845efd143bcc034fc37bcc4d1a71f4aaf8d3dd0bb31c7e27a","source_id":"us-vt","stale":false,"prev":"us-vt/18-v.s.a.-9418g","next":"us-vt/18-v.s.a.-9420"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}