PLEASE REVIEW: Medical Student Ability to Review Academic Records

All UC Irvine School of Medicine students, residents and faculty should be aware of a medical student’s ability to review their academic records. The policy as described on the UCI Privacy and Student Records site can be found below:

DISCLOSURE (Reference: UCI Registrar Site)

The disclosure of information from student records is governed in large measure by the Federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA), by the State of California Education Code, and by University policy and procedures implementing these laws which protect the student’s right of privacy, provide safeguards for the confidentiality of student records, and permit students access to their own records. 

Pursuant to the Federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 and the University of California Policies Applying to the Disclosure of Information from Student Records, students at the University have the following five rights:

1. to inspect and review records pertaining to themselves in their capacity as students;
2. to inspect records maintained by the campus of disclosure of personally identifiable information from their student records;
3. to seek correction of their student records through a request to amend the records or a request for a hearing;
4. to file complaints with the Family Policy Compliance Office regarding alleged violations of the rights accorded them by the Act; and
5. to have withheld from disclosure, in the absence of their prior consent for release, personally identifiable information from their student records, with exceptions as noted in the University student records policies.