Editor’s note - Amendments to Standards for Hospitals and Health Facilities, 6 CCR 1011-1, Chapter II, rule 5.2.3.4:  Replace the existing first paragraph of rule 5.2.3.4 (par. ID 850493), with the following two paragraphs:

5.2.3.4	Unless otherwise prohibited by law, a representative of the patient, other than a ‘personal representative’ as defined in the Federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) § 164.502(g), with the patient’s written authorization, shall pay for the reasonable cost of obtaining a copy of the patient’s record, which shall be $16.50 for the first ten or fewer pages, $.75 per page for pages 11-40, and $.50 per page for every additional page.  
The discharged patient or personal representative (as defined under HIPAA § 164.502(g)) shall pay for the reasonable cost of obtaining a copy of his/her patient record, not to exceed $14.00 for the first ten or fewer pages, $.50 per page for pages 11-40, and $.33 per page for every additional page.  Actual postage or shipping costs and applicable sales tax, if any, also may be charged.  The per-page fee for records copied from microfilm shall be $1.50 per page.  No fees shall be charged by a health care provider of patient records for requests for medical records received from another health care provider or to an individual regulated pursuant to Section 25-1-802(1) solely for the purpose of providing continuing medical care to a patient.