2005 Senate Bill 465 ↩

Senate Roll Call 270: Passed

To require licensed health care professionals to maintain a record for each patient to whom they provide services, including a full and complete record of tests and examinations performed, observations made, and treatments provided. The records must be maintained for at least seven years, and in such a manner that protects their integrity, ensures their confidentiality and proper use, and ensures their accessibility and availability to the patient or his or her authorized representative. A health professional may contract with a health care facility to keep the records.