The medical record of treatment received at the Student Health Service is considered confidential information and will only be released under specific conditions.

Medical records will only be released with a signed authorization from the student patient. Authorizations must include Name, Banner Identification Number, date last attended/or graduated from Miami, where the information should be sent, your signature and date. Authorizations dated more than 3 months prior to receipt will not be accepted. Faxed requests are acceptable.

In addition, Student Health Service staff may not discuss the patient’s records with others, including family members, without proper authorization from the student.

Authorized requests by a patient or their family members for information concerning the patient’s records will be referred to the appropriate Student Health Service clinician.

Student Health Records are retained in the Medical Records Department for a total of seven years (in addition to current year from date of last entry), after which time the records will be destroyed.