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California Health And Safety Code Section 123111

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(a) Any adult patient who inspects his or her patient
records pursuant to Section 123110 shall have the right to provide to
the health care provider a written addendum with respect to any item
or statement in his or her records that the patient believes to be
incomplete or incorrect.  The addendum shall be limited to 250 words
per alleged incomplete or incorrect item in the patient's record and
shall clearly indicate in writing that the patient wishes the
addendum to be made a part of his or her record.
   (b) The health care provider shall attach the addendum to the
patient's records and shall include that addendum whenever the health
care provider makes a disclosure of the allegedly incomplete or
incorrect portion of the patient's records to any third party.
   (c) The receipt of information in a patient's addendum which
contains defamatory or otherwise unlawful language, and the inclusion
of this information in the patient's records, in accordance with
subdivision (b), shall not, in and of itself, subject the health care
provider to liability in any civil, criminal, administrative, or
other proceeding.
   (d) Subdivision (f) of Section 123110 and Section 123120 shall be
applicable with respect to any violation of this section by a health
care provider.

Last modified: January 12, 2009