Financial Disclosure: Consulting Editor Arnold Mackles, MD, MBA, LHRM, discloses that he is an author and advisory board member for The Sullivan Group and that he is owner, stockholder, presenter, author, and consultant for Innovative Healthcare Compliance Group. The Act requires no particular form for the records, but does require that the records include certain identifying information about the employee and data about the hours worked and the wages earned. 3 0 obj What Records Are Required: Every covered employer must keep certain records for each non-exempt worker. The physician practice, provider, or healthcare facility owns the physical medical record; however, the information contained in the medical record is the confidential property of the patient. Options for Storage ofPaperMedical Records. If you already have a subscription to this publication, please. Rather, it requires covered entities and business associates to maintain records required by their policies and procedures, such as audit logs and accounting of disclosures of protected health information (PHI), for six years from the date of its creation or the date when it last was in effect, whichever is later. Children's records should be retained until at least three years following their eighteenth birthday.". You have reached your article limit for the month. Medical Record Retention ol{list-style-type: decimal;} yh5'EQYs#c4~9)E'<0j. In North Dakota, hospitals must keep adult patients records for 10 years after the last treatment date, and minor patients records must be kept for 10 years after the last treatment date, or until the patients 21st birthday, whichever is later. Specific medical records or, clinical information, that pertains to the patient and has been accumulated by the physician or his representatives are of interest. Medical Record Retention Time Required by State Law Records must be kept for a minimum of 3-5 years Records must be kept for a minimum of 6-9 years Find resources and tools to help you effectively communicate with youth and families in your practice. 353 0 obj <>/Filter/FlateDecode/ID[<5991A32DF72CDD4FB7053FD4213B82A9>]/Index[333 36]/Info 332 0 R/Length 106/Prev 195378/Root 334 0 R/Size 369/Type/XRef/W[1 3 1]>>stream [CDATA[/* >