Article 27 of the Saudi Fertility Units Law

This article places on fertility units a comprehensive duty to document and retain records:

1. Documentation: documenting all the information, data and procedures the unit carries out.
2. Recording: recording treatment cycles, their type and their results, with three qualities: accurately, clearly and honestly.
3. Retention: for at least 10 years, so keeping them longer is allowed, and keeping them for less is not.
4. Presenting: presenting these records to the competent authorities when they ask to review them.

The article does not name these competent authorities, and it does not speak of the patient's own right to see their records, as that does not appear in the text.

The importance of this duty is that accurate records make it possible to verify later what happened in treatment, particularly in light of the Law's other provisions. The person responsible for the unit's work as a whole, including documentation, is the medical supervisor, since Article 26 provides that the supervisor is fully responsible for the unit's work.

It is followed by Article 28, which regulates forming a committee, chaired by a judge, to consider violations of the Law and its Regulations, impose penalties other than imprisonment and determine compensation for holders of private rights.

A person who needs their treatment records for a legal matter may consult a lawyer who specializes in health regulations.