Records Request

Limitations to Receiving Records:
A person who is or has been a consumer of a physician, a licensed mental health professional as defined in Section 1-103 of this title, a licensed alcohol and drug counselor as defined in Section 1871 of Title 59 of the Oklahoma Statutes, a mental health facility, a drug or alcohol abuse treatment facility or service, or other agency for the purpose of mental health or drug or alcohol abuse care and treatment, or such person’s treatment advocate as defined in Section 1-109.1 of this title, shall be entitled to personal access to his or her mental health or drug or alcohol abuse treatment information, except the following:

1. Information contained in notes recorded in any medium by a mental health professional documenting or analyzing the contents of conversation during a private counseling session or a group, joint or family counseling session, and that is separated from the rest of the patient's medical record;

2. Information compiled in reasonable anticipation of or for use in a civil, criminal or administrative action or proceeding;

3. Information that is otherwise privileged or prohibited from disclosure by law;

4. Information the person in charge of the care and treatment of the patient determines to be reasonably likely to endanger the life or physical safety of the patient or another person;

5. Information created or obtained as part of research that includes treatment; provided, the patient consented to the temporary suspension of access while the research is ongoing. The patient's right of access shall resume upon completion of the research;

6. Information requested by an inmate that a correctional institution has determined may jeopardize the health, safety, security, custody or rehabilitation of the inmate or other person; and

7. Information obtained under a promise of confidentiality and the access requested would be reasonably likely to reveal the source of the information.