§ 102145 Patient Record Requirements

This law says the person running a hospital or any place where people stay for medical care must keep a record of each patient’s personal and medical details that’s good enough to fill out a birth or death certificate.

Key Takeaways

•The person in charge of a hospital or similar facility must keep a record for every patient.
•The record must include personal, medical, and any other needed information.
•The information must be enough to complete a birth or death certificate.

Example

A baby is born at a local hospital.

The hospital manager must make sure the baby’s name, parents’ names, birth date, and medical info are all written down so the state can issue a birth certificate later.

Every person in charge of a hospital or other institution to which persons are admitted for treatment or confinement shall make a record of the personal, medical and other information for each patient sufficient and adequate for the completion of a birth or death certificate. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)

Key Takeaways

•The person in charge of a hospital or similar facility must keep a record for every patient.
•The record must include personal, medical, and any other needed information.
•The information must be enough to complete a birth or death certificate.

Example

A baby is born at a local hospital.

The hospital manager must make sure the baby’s name, parents’ names, birth date, and medical info are all written down so the state can issue a birth certificate later.

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