Health Records
South Carolina Code of Regulations
South Carolina Code of Regulations
12–817.5. Health Records. A. Description: Used to document health services and/or treatment provided to students, employ- ees and other persons. Information includes medical histories, personal data, examinations, com- plaints, laboratory test results, diagnoses, identification of injury or illness, dates and types of treatment, physicians’ remarks, and an indication of whether the record is for an adult or pediatric patient. B. Retention: (1) Records concerning adult patients: 10 years after date of last treatment; destroy. (2) Records concerning pediatric patients: 13 years after date of last treatment; destroy. HISTORY: Added by Register Volume 27, Issue No. 5, eff May 23, 2003.
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