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TITLE 26HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
PART 1HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
CHAPTER 550LICENSING STANDARDS FOR PRESCRIBED PEDIATRIC EXTENDED CARE CENTERS
SUBCHAPTER CGENERAL PROVISIONS
DIVISION 9MEDICAL RECORDS, QUALITY ASSESSMENT AND PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT, DISSOLUTION AND RETENTION OF RECORDS
RULE §550.1004Retention of Records

A center, including a center that permanently closes must adopt and enforce a written policy relating to the retention of records in accordance with this section.

  (1) A center must retain original medical records for a minor until a minor's twenty-fourth birthday or five years from the date of service, whichever is later.

  (2) The center may not destroy medical records that relate to any matter that is involved in litigation if a center knows the litigation has not been finally resolved.


Source Note: The provisions of this §550.1004 adopted to be effective September 1, 2014, 39 TexReg 6569; transferred effective May 1, 2019, as published in the Texas Register April 12, 2019, 44 TexReg 1875

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