Legal regulation (Spain)
Legal regulation (Spain) Law 14/1986 of April 25, General Health: The patient is entitled to the record of all your writing process (in history), and to receive a discharge report the end of their stay in hospital and outpatient report. The history is identified with a unique number for each patient and should be stored centrally in one place. Royal Decree 63/1995 of 20 January on the management of health benefits of the National Health System: The patient has the right to communication or delivery, upon request, a copy of your medical history or certain information therein, without prejudice to the obligation to preserve them in the health center. The public system must preserve and guarantee the confidentiality of the information contained in medical history."The patient has the right to confidentiality of all information regarding your process and your stay in public or private health institutions to collaborate with the public system." Access to medical records without authorization, to the detriment of another, is punishable as a felony and is punishable by imprisonment. Likewise, the professional data reveal or disclose your medical history will be punished with the same penalties. The history should be a true reflection of the course of the disease. The data from your documents can not be altered, forged or simulated, which would constitute a crime of forgery is punishable by the same legislation. Mannatech Law 15/1999 of 13 December on the Protection of Personal Data (Data Protection Act). Law 41/2002 of 14 November, regulating basic patient autonomy and rights and obligations regarding information and clinical documentation.