Release of medical or payment records; subpoena, A.R.S. § 12-2294.01

“Release of medical records or payment records to third parties pursuant to subpoena”
 
Arizona allows parties to obtain medical and payment records.
 
Parties that obtain a subpoena for medical or payment records must serve the subpoena at least 10 days prior to the production date. The subpoena must include an authorization from the patient or their decision maker, include a court order to release the records or an order that meets the HIPAA Privacy Rule standard for disclosures for judicial and administrative proceedings, be issued by a grand jury during a criminal investigation, be issued by a health professional regulatory board, or another law must require the health care provider to release the records. 
 
A health care provider that receives a subpoena for medical or payment records that does not comply with one of the aforementioned requirements may not release the medical or payment records; rather the provider must either deliver the records under seal to the court that issued the subpoena, file an objection to producing the records, or file a motion to quash the subpoena.