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Opinion

Opinion By: Albert B. Chandler III, Attorney General; Michelle D. Harrison, Assistant Attorney General

Open Records Decision

At issue in the instant appeal is whether Blackburn Correctional Complex correctly relied upon KRS 197.025(2), incorporated into the Open Records Act by operation of KRS 61.878(1)(l), in partially denying 1 Mike Bechtel's request to inspect "[p]hysicians['] or [d]octors['] order sheets, all clinic notes (from Nov. 2002 until [present]), criteria for treatment of Hepatitis C, and protocol plan (see) Lang v. Sapp, 71 S.W.3d 133 (2002)." Having been sufficiently advised, we find that 03-ORD-073, a copy of which is attached hereto and incorporated by reference, is controlling. Consistent with that decision and the authorities cited therein, we affirm BCC's disposition of Mr. Bechtel's request. KRS 197.025(2); 98-ORD-150.

A party aggrieved by this decision may appeal it by initiating an action in the appropriate circuit court pursuant to KRS 61.880(5) and KRS 61.882. Pursuant to KRS 61.880(3), the Attorney General should be notified of any action in circuit court, but should not be named as a party in that action or in any subsequent proceeding.

Distributed to:

Mike Bechtel, #118008Blackburn Correctional Complex, A-1311 Spurr RoadLexington, KY 40511

Betty Ann WalkerBlackburn Correctional Complex311 Spurr RoadLexington, KY 40511

Emily DennisDepartment of CorrectionsOffice of General Counsel2439 Old Lawrenceburg RoadP.O. Box 2400Frankfort, KY 40602-2400

Footnotes

Footnotes

1 In a response dated November 21, 2003, Virginia C. Binning, the Medical Records Specialist at BCC, indicated that a copy of the "physicians' notes and progress notes from November 2002 until the present date [was] enclosed[,]" but correctly denied Mr. Bechtel's request for the "document pertaining to treatment of Hepatitis C" because it does not contain a specific reference to him.

LLM Summary
The decision affirms the Blackburn Correctional Complex's partial denial of Mike Bechtel's request to inspect certain medical records and documents related to Hepatitis C treatment, citing 03-ORD-073 as controlling and also referencing 98-ORD-150. The denial was based on the grounds that the requested documents did not contain specific references to the requester, aligning with the provisions of KRS 197.025(2) as incorporated into the Open Records Act.
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Requested By:
Mike Bechtel
Agency:
Blackburn Correctional Complex
Type:
Open Records Decision
Lexis Citation:
2003 Ky. AG LEXIS 128
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