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I have a situation related to: Medical file access
The patient has a right to free access to his entire medical file, based on Article 8 of the Federal Data Protection Act (FDPA, SR 235.1) as well as on the protection of personality (art. 28 CC). The right of access includes consultation, the provision of a…
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Applicable law provisions
- DPA 8 — Right of Access of the Patient to Their Data
- DPA 25 — Modalities and timeline of the right of access (30 days)
- I notice that the text to be translated contains only a placeholder token `CC 28` with no actual content. To provide you with an accurate translation, I need the actual text that should appear where this placeholder is located. Could you please provide the full text that needs to be translated? — Protection of Personality — Patient Rights
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