Confidentiality

The medical staff shall maintain and use medical records in a manner which ensures the confidentiality of the information contained therein. Only those persons who need access to the record in order to provide medical services to the inmate or fulfill statutoryobligations, and those persons specifically authorized by the inmate to see the record, shall have access to the records and information in them. The Department of Public Health staff shall have access to the records and information in them for the purpose of determining compliance with 105 CMR 205.000 and shall maintain the confidentiality of records relating to individual inmates.