TY  - JOUR
T1  - ACcess to medical records
AU  - Jacknow D
Y1  - 1979/06/22
N1  - 10.1001/jama.1979.03290510015008
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 2701
EP  - 2701
VL  - 241
IS  - 25
N2  - To the Editor.— 
    I have just finished reading a MEDICAL NEWS article (241:777, 1979), and having attended and testified at the hearings in Washington, DC, on the proposed new Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations, I believe a major problem this OSHA regulation (or one like it) would generate has been overlooked.The proposed regulation would not only give OSHA the right without other authorization to inspect a company record, but also would give OSHA the right to inspect medical records of an employee, regardless of where the records were kept and by whom.Since more than 90% of the employers in this country each employs fewer than 25 workers, and since only a few of the largest companies have their own medical departments, a preponderance of medical records would be in the hands of private physicians. This would mean that OSHA would have entry without a person's authorization
SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.1979.03290510015008
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1979.03290510015008
ER  -