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Parental access to children's medical records

Help manage your child’s health care using MyUFHealth.

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UF Health encourages and supports parental involvement in the health care of their minor children, and strives to efficiently facilitate the parental right to access information about their child’s health care. In this situation, parental refers to a parent or legal guardian.

Young children

Parents of younger children (under 12 years old) can sign up as a MyUFHealth proxy to gain access to their child’s full account on the MyUFHealth patient portal, a secure online resource to access medical information. You can request this access online within your personal MyUFHealth account.

  • After logging in to MyUFHealth on the UFHealth.org website or via the MyChart/MyUFHealth app, click “Menu” and then click “Request Family Access.”
  • Complete and submit the form to request proxy access.
  • You will receive a message in MyUFHealth once access is granted, which may take up to five business days.
  • In certain situations, in-person setup will be required. In these cases, photo identification will be required.

Teens

Parents of adolescent patients (12-17 years old) may also request MyUFHealth proxy access to their child’s MyUFHealth account through the process outlined above.

We encourage all our patients to be active participants in their health care — and this includes engaging young adults to access, understand and use the patient portal. We appreciate their supportive parent/guardian involvement. The MyUFHealth proxy role now includes access to the adolescent’s allergies and immunization records, scheduling tools to view their upcoming appointments, and messaging with their providers.

The most efficient way to access your child’s medical record is through our Medical Records Department. Because state and federal confidentiality laws prohibit health care providers from sharing certain information with parents without patient consent, only limited information is available within MyUFHealth. Visit our medical records page for detailed instructions to complete a medical record request and receive your child’s medical record.