Legal Opinion
Mantica v. New York State Department of Health
New York Court of Appeals
Decided October 26, 1999PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Smith, J.
The issue here is whether patients may obtain their own medical records from a State agency pursuant to New York State’s Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) (Public Officers Law art 6) despite the prohibition of Public Health Law § 18 (6) against redisclosure of patient information by third parties. We conclude that, under the circumstances of this case, petitioner is entitled to his medical records, and we therefore affirm the order of the Appellate Division.
The facts are not in dispute. During 1993, petitioner James Mantica received allegedly deficient medical…
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