Title: Section 400.3 - Inspection, reproduction and reports

400.3 Inspection, reproduction and reports. (a) The commissioner or his authorized representative may inspect, reproduce, require reproduction of or require reports on:

(1) any medical facility record, report or other written document or report to or from an inspecting, accrediting or certifying body which he may require for the purpose of conducting cost analyses and studies of standards and procedures relating to operating certificates, or certificates of approval under the provisions of the Public Health Law; and

(2) any patient medical record, clinical log or other patient record which he may require for the purpose of conducting medical audits under the provisions of paragraph (j) of subdivision 1 of section 206 and article 28 of the Public Health Law; and

(3) the disclosure of any interest in the operation of a medical facility or any interest in the ownership of the property interests in a medical facility which he may require for the purpose of conducting an analysis of the operation of medical facilities and standards and procedures relating to operating certificates under the provisions of the Public Health Law; and

(4) such other medical facility records as may be required.

(b) The medical facility shall not charge the commissioner or his authorized representative for the cost of reproducing any records, reports or documents required by this section, but such reproduction costs shall be an allowable expense of the medical facility for the purposes of third-party reimbursement.