Civil Code 1798.35

Each agency shall permit an individual to request in writing an amendment of a record and, shall within 30 days of the request, make each correction or inform the individual of its refusal to amend the record in accordance with the request.

164.526(a)(2)

Denial of amendment: A covered entity may deny an individual's request for amendment.

Civil Code 1798.37

The agency, with respect to any disclosure containing information about which the individual has filed a statement of disagreement, shall clearly note any portion of the record which is disputed and make available the statement and ... the reasons of the agency for not making the amendment.

Insurance Code 791.09 (1980)

Individuals may request correction, amendment or deletion of recorded personal information held by insurance institutions, agents or insurance-support organizations. If the insurance entity changes the information, it must notify the individual, and must communicate the changes to persons specifically designated, who may have received the information within the past two years.

164.526(a)(1)

Right to amend: An individual has the right to have a covered entity amend protected health information or a record about the individual.

164.526(b)

Implementation specifications: requests for amendment and timely action.

164.526(c)(3)

Accepting the amendment: informing others

164.526(d)

Implementation specifications: denying the amendment

Civil Code 1798.28 (1977; amended by Stats. 1985)

Each agency shall inform any person or agency to whom a record containing personal information has been disclosed during the preceding three years of any correction or notation of dispute made pursuant to the individual's request to amend the record, if (1) an accounting of the disclosure is required by Section 1798.25 [to law enforcement or a regulatory agency] or 1798.26 [to the Department of Motor Vehicles], and the accounting has not yet been destroyed, or (2) the information provides the name of the person or agency to whom the disclosure was made, or (3) the person who is the subject of the disclosed record provides the name of the person or agency to whom the information was disclosed.

Civil Code 1798.36

Each agency shall permit any individual who disagrees with the refusal of the agency to amend a record to request a review of such refusal If, after such review, the reviewing official refuses to amend the record in accordance with the request, the agency shall permit the individual to file with the agency a statement of reasonable length setting forth the reasons for the individual's disagreement.