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The Access to Personal Files and Medical Reports (Northern Ireland) Order 1991, Section 11 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 11 September 2024. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
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11.—(1) A copy of any medical report which a medical practitioner has supplied for employment or insurance purposes shall be retained by him for at least 6 months from the date on which it was supplied.
(2) A medical practitioner shall, if so requested by an individual, give the individual access to any medical report relating to him which the practitioner has supplied for employment or insurance purposes in the previous 6 months.
(3) The reference in paragraph (2) to giving an individual access to a medical report is a reference to—
(a)making a copy of the report available for his inspection; or
(b)supplying him with a copy of it;
and where a copy is supplied at the request, or otherwise with the consent, of the individual the practitioner may charge a reasonable fee to cover the costs of supplying it.
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