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Does the medical imaging company own the X-rays when I am examined?
Interesting question. I would think that if the imaging company hands them to you then they are yours. You would then provide them to the doctor - you would remain the owner.
However if the imaging company provided them directly to the doctor they may belong to the Dr.
Today my wife received a letter asking her to pick up her xrays from our GP or they would be destroyed. There is no use for them so we will just let them be destroyed.
It is like a photograph. However takes the photograph is the owner, not the person whose picture is taken. Whoever the photographer give them to (transfers title) is the new owner.
Why do you ask?
The matter is very transparent.
The matter is very transparent.
Agree. Seems black and white to me.
pinkboy
Photographers still give you your photos to keep as your property even if the image is theirs and laws cover what others can and can't do with them.
The same could apply for an xray but I can't see how this would be an issue for anyone... unless of course an xray was all of a sudden considered a work of art and sold for millions.
Don't confuse the photo with the copyright. Someone can still own the copyright but give you a photo.
Today my wife received a letter asking her to pick up her xrays from our GP or they would be destroyed. There is no use for them so we will just let them be destroyed.
Perhaps he's just getting confused with X-ray ted photos?I am really curious though. Why are you asking?
Keep old X-rays . You never know when something might show up on a future X-ray and you need something old to compare the new ones with .
Cliff