A patient requests to see her health care record, but the facility declines the patient's request. Which of the following statements best applies to this scenario?
A. The health care record belongs to the facility, and it cannot be mandated to produce the records.
B. Declining the request may violate the HIPAA Privacy Rule.
C. Paper-based charts must be reproduced for the patient, but electronic data is exempt from this ruling.
Answer: A
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