Opinion
February 17, 1987
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Becker, J.).
Ordered that the order is reversed insofar as appealed from, with costs, and the plaintiff is directed to either pay the $620.50 fee set by the appellants or do her own photocopying. The plaintiff's time to pay the $620.50 fee or notify the appellants that she will do her own photocopying is extended until 20 days after service upon her of a copy of this decision and order, with notice of entry. In the event the plaintiff decides to do her own photocopying, she shall complete the copying within 30 days after notifying the Nassau County Medical Center of her selection of that option.
The plaintiff must either pay the fee sought by Nassau County Medical Center for the reproduction of the records she seeks, or she may do her own photocopying. If she elects to do her own photocopying, she must pay the requested retrieval and handling fee, in addition to a reasonable sum for the time spent by a hospital employee in supervising the copying (see, Matter of Ventura v. Long Is. Jewish Hillside Med. Center, 112 A.D.2d 437; Matter of Hernandez v. Lutheran Med. Center, 104 A.D.2d 368). Mollen, P.J., Bracken, Lawrence and Sullivan, JJ., concur.