Who Holds the Record · country brief · data as of 2026-10-01Who holds the health record in Monaco?
In 2026, Monaco scores 43 of 100 on a person's right to see, control and share their own health record: rank 79= of 196 countries (likely range 58 to 102), in the Weak band (25 to 44). Who holds the keys: Institutional. Source: Who Holds the Record, SuperTruth, data as of 2026-10-01.
Monaco gives a firm legal right to the full record and a new GDPR-style law, but there is no shared national record linking providers.
Published · updated · data as of 2026-10-01 · research tool, not legal advice
Can I get my health records in Monaco?
Access to the full record scores 50 of 100 in Monaco, against a median of 43 across 196 countries. Law 1.454 of 2017 gives a right to all health information held by any provider, within 15 days. There is no national record portal, but the main public hospital runs a patient portal, so the score sits at the anchor base plus 5.
Can I control who sees my health record in Monaco?
Control and consent scores 35 of 100 in Monaco, against a median of 30 across 196 countries. Each provider holds and controls its own file, and there is no shared record. Patients can object to outside hosting for a legitimate reason and files pass to a successor doctor only with consent, but there is no opt-out or patient-visible access log.
Eight rights, against Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Albania and the EU
| Patient access to the full record20% | 50 | 50 · 60 · 50 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patient control and consent20% | 35 | 32 · 28 · 30 | |
| Privacy and security15% | 58 | 52 · 40 · 55 | |
| Connected care journey15% | 32 | 45 · 50 · 34 | |
| Protection from commercial use10% | 52 | 50 · 40 · 50 | |
| Clinician access at the point of care10% | 35 | 42 · 42 · 30 | |
| Research and trial consent5% | 46 | 49 · 49 · 43 | |
| Clinical AI governance5% | 38 | 30 · 50 · 30 |
Black dot: Monaco. Hollow dots: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Albania (scores on the right, same order). Grey line: median of all 196 countries. Dashed teal line: EU median. Overall: Monaco 43, EU median 61. Scores move in steps of about 5; read the rank with its likely range.
What would Monaco need to change to score higher?
Monaco sits in Weak (25 to 44); Mixed starts at 45. The two rights furthest below the 196-country median, weighted, are connected care journey (32, median 38) and research and trial consent (46, median 46). The published rubric reads:
- Connected care journey: Primary care, hospitals, labs, pharmacy, claims and public health linked to one record and used at national scale.
- Research and trial consent: A general opt-out that is honoured, or dynamic or opt-in consent, with a public register of research uses: 55 to 85.
Which laws give health record rights in Monaco?
- Loi n° 1.454 du 30 octobre 2017 relative au consentement et à l'information en matière médicale (2017): Right to all health information held by providers within 15 days, or two months if older than five years.
- Loi n° 1.565 du 3 décembre 2024 relative à la protection des données personnelles (2024): GDPR-style law; creates the APDP, 72-hour breach notice, fines up to 10 million euros or 4%.
- Ordonnance Souveraine n° 8.337 du 5 novembre 2020 relative aux données de santé (2020): Medical file contents, 20-year retention, discharge letters, qualified health data hosts, incident reporting.
Strain and split context, not scored
- Doctors per 10,000
- 86.1 2020
- Nurses and midwives per 10,000
- 208 2014
- Private insurance + out-of-pocket
- 14.3% 2023
- Record reaches private care?
- unknown
Published stories
- 2026-09-10 · La Gazette de Monaco Monaco hospital apologises after exposing hundreds of blood donors' email addresses
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