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Medical Records Collection, Retention, and Access in Louisiana

 

Medical Records Collection, Retention, and Access in Louisiana

Subtopic Statute/Regulation Description
Content of medical record Abortion Facilities: Patient Medical Records, Reporting, La. Admin. Code tit. 48, pt. I, § 4425
Adult Day Health Care: Participant Case Records, La. Admin. Code tit. 48, pt. I, § 4233
Adult Residential Care Providers: Record Keeping, La. Admin. Code tit. 48, pt. I, § 6869
Alzheimer's Special Care; Disclosure, La. Stat. Ann. § 40:1101.3
Ambulatory Surgical Center: Other Records, La. Admin. Code tit. 48, pt. I, § 4531
Ambulatory Surgical Center: Patient Records and Reports, La. Admin. Code tit. 48, pt. I, § 4529
Behavioral Health Services: Client Records, La. Admin. Code tit. 48, pt. I, § 5637
Case Management: Records, La. Admin. Code tit. 48, pt. I, § 4951
Children's Respite Care Centers: Clinical Records, La. Admin. Code tit. 48, pt. I, § 8079
Collaborative Drug Therapy Management; Records, La. Admin. Code tit. 46, pt. XLV, § 7437
Developmental Training Centers; Records, La. Admin. Code tit. 48, pt. I, § 5547
Developmental Training Centers; Records, La. Admin. Code tit. 48, pt. I, § 5551
Developmental Training Centers; Records, La. Admin. Code tit. 48, pt. I, § 5553
Dispensation of medications: Dispensation Records, La. Admin. Code tit. 46, pt. XLV, § 6531
Dispensation of medications: Separate Records, Schedule II, La. Admin. Code tit. 46, pt. XLV, § 6535
EMT Services: Records, La. Admin. Code tit. 48, pt. I, § 6039
End Stage Renal Facilities; Patient Records, La. Admin. Code tit. 48, pt. I, § 8461
End Stage Renal Facilities; Records, La. Admin. Code tit. 48, pt. I, § 8425
Forensic: Client Records, La. Admin. Code tit. 48, pt. I, § 7259
Home Health Agencies: Clinical Records, La. Admin. Code tit. 48, pt. I, § 9129
Home/Community-Based Services: Client Records, La. Admin. Code tit. 48, pt. I, § 5057
Hospice: Clinical Records, La. Admin. Code tit. 48, pt. I, § 8233
Hospital Laboratory Services: Equipment and Records, La. Admin. Code tit. 48, pt. I, § 9373
Hospital Medical Record Services: Content, La. Admin. Code tit. 48, pt. I, § 9389
Hospital Medical Record Services: Registers and Reports, La. Admin. Code tit. 48, pt. I, § 9391
Hospital Radiologic Services: Records, La. Admin. Code tit. 48, pt. I, § 9367
Hospitals: Medical Record Requirements, La. Admin. Code tit. 48, pt. I, § 9565
Hospitals: medical Records, La. Admin. Code tit. 48, pt. I, § 6753
Infant Intervention Services: Records, La. Admin. Code tit. 48, pt. IX, § 323
Intermediate Care Facilities: Admission Records, La. Admin. Code tit. 50, pt. V, § 30703
Intermediate Care Facilities: Client Records, La. Admin. Code tit. 50, pt. V, § 30701
Intermediate Care Facilities: Medical Records, La. Admin. Code tit. 50, pt. V, § 30705
Level III Crisis Centers: Client Records, La. Admin. Code tit. 48, pt. I, § 5347
Nursing Home Resident Records: Content, La. Admin. Code tit. 48, pt. I, § 9861
Nursing Home Resident Records: General, La. Admin. Code tit. 48, pt. I, § 9857
Nursing Home Resident Records: Maintenance, La. Admin. Code tit. 48, pt. I, § 9859
Nursing Homes: Medication Records, La. Admin. Code tit. 48, pt. I, § 9841
Nursing Homes: Record Keeping, La. Admin. Code tit. 48, pt. I, § 9855
Opioid Treatment Programs; Client Records, La. Admin. Code tit. 48, pt. I, § 5731
Pain Management Clinics: Patient Records, La. Admin. Code tit. 48, pt. I, § 7861
Pediatric Health Care Facilities: Record Keeping, La. Admin. Code tit. 48, pt. I, § 5269
Requirement of Notification; Records, La. Stat. Ann. § 40:1103.4
Rural Health Clinics: Record Keeping, La. Admin. Code tit. 48, pt. I, § 7525
Standard Number 1: Collection and Recording of Health Status, La. Admin. Code tit. 46, pt. XLVII, § 3903
Therapeutic Group Homes: Records, La. Admin. Code tit. 48, pt. I, § 6251
Required maintenance of medical records Abortion Facilities: Patient Medical Records, Reporting, La. Admin. Code tit. 48, pt. I, § 4425
Adult Day Health Care: Participant Case Records, La. Admin. Code tit. 48, pt. I, § 4233
Adult Residential Care Providers: Record Keeping, La. Admin. Code tit. 48, pt. I, § 6869
Ambulatory Surgical Center: Patient Records and Reports, La. Admin. Code tit. 48, pt. I, § 4529
Behavioral Health Services: Client Records, La. Admin. Code tit. 48, pt. I, § 5637
Case Management: Records, La. Admin. Code tit. 48, pt. I, § 4951
Children's Respite Care Centers: Clinical Records, La. Admin. Code tit. 48, pt. I, § 8079
Collaborative Drug Therapy Management; Records, La. Admin. Code tit. 46, pt. XLV, § 7437
Developmental Training Centers; Records, La. Admin. Code tit. 48, pt. I, § 5547
Developmental Training Centers; Records, La. Admin. Code tit. 48, pt. I, § 5551
Developmental Training Centers; Records, La. Admin. Code tit. 48, pt. I, § 5553
Dispensation of medications: Dispensation Records, La. Admin. Code tit. 46, pt. XLV, § 6531
Dispensation of medications: Maintenance of Computerized Records, La. Admin. Code tit. 46, pt. XLV, § 6551
Dispensation of medications: Separate Records, Schedule II, La. Admin. Code tit. 46, pt. XLV, § 6535
EMT Services: Records, La. Admin. Code tit. 48, pt. I, § 6039
End Stage Renal Facilities; Patient Records, La. Admin. Code tit. 48, pt. I, § 8461
End Stage Renal Facilities; Records, La. Admin. Code tit. 48, pt. I, § 8425
Forensic: Client Records, La. Admin. Code tit. 48, pt. I, § 7259
Home Health Agencies: Clinical Records, La. Admin. Code tit. 48, pt. I, § 9129
Home/Community-Based Services: Client Records, La. Admin. Code tit. 48, pt. I, § 5057
Hospice: Clinical Records, La. Admin. Code tit. 48, pt. I, § 8233
Hospital Laboratory Services: Equipment and Records, La. Admin. Code tit. 48, pt. I, § 9373
Hospitals Nuclear Medicine Services: Records, La. Admin. Code tit. 48, pt. I, § 9465
Hospitals Nuclear Medicine Services: Records, La. Admin. Code tit. 48, pt. I, § 9465
Hospitals: medical Records, La. Admin. Code tit. 48, pt. I, § 6753
Infant Intervention Services: Records, La. Admin. Code tit. 48, pt. IX, § 323
La. Admin. Code tit. 48, pt. I, § 9387 Organization and Staffing Hospitals must have a medical records department responsible for maintain medical records for each person evaluated as an...
Level III Crisis Centers: Client Records, La. Admin. Code tit. 48, pt. I, § 5347
Nursing Home Resident Records: General, La. Admin. Code tit. 48, pt. I, § 9857
Nursing Home Resident Records: Maintenance, La. Admin. Code tit. 48, pt. I, § 9859
Nursing Homes: Medication Records, La. Admin. Code tit. 48, pt. I, § 9841
Nursing Homes: Record Keeping, La. Admin. Code tit. 48, pt. I, § 9855
Pain Management Clinics: Patient Records, La. Admin. Code tit. 48, pt. I, § 7861
Pediatric Health Care Facilities: Record Keeping, La. Admin. Code tit. 48, pt. I, § 5269
Rural Health Clinics: Record Keeping, La. Admin. Code tit. 48, pt. I, § 7525
System Processes, La. Stat. Ann. § 28:454.2
Telemedicine: Patient Records, La. Admin. Code tit. 46, pt. XLV, § 7509
Therapeutic Group Homes: Records, La. Admin. Code tit. 48, pt. I, § 6251
Other Abortion Reports, La. Stat. Ann. § 40:1061.21
Right to access to medical records (Access by representative or other person authorized by the patient through informed consent; copying fees, or other requirements (e.g., requirement to give patient access in electronic format)) Access to Mammograms Act: Notification or Results, La. Stat. Ann. § 40:1211.2
Access to Mammograms Act: Required Transmittal, La. Stat. Ann. § 40:1211.4
Cancer Registry Program: Disclosure of Medical Records, La. Stat. Ann. § 40:1105.8
Disclosure of Confidential Information; Disclosures to Patients, La. Admin. Code tit. 48, pt. I, § 511
Electronic Health Care Transactions; Records, La. Stat. Ann. § 40:1165.1 Health care information; records A health care provider must give a patient of all health care information relating to the patient that has been...
End Stage Renal Facilities; Records, Reports, La. Stat. Ann. § 40:2117.6
Home Health Care Providers; Reports, La. Stat. Ann. § 40:2116.38
Intermediate Care Facilities: Client Records, La. Admin. Code tit. 50, pt. V, § 30701
Right of Inspection by Department; Records, La. Stat. Ann. § 40:2160
State Department of Hospitals; Furnish Reports, La. Stat. Ann. § 40:2014.1
Destruction, storage and filing of medical records (Cross reference with Security of Health Information) Adult Day Health Care: Confidentiality/Security of Records, La. Admin. Code tit. 48, pt. I, § 4237
Case Management: Confidentiality and Security of Records, La. Admin. Code tit. 48, pt. I, § 4949
Dispensation of medications: Security of Records, La. Admin. Code tit. 46, pt. XLV, § 6549
La. Admin. Code tit. 48, pt. I, § 9387 Organization and Staffing Hospitals must have a medical records department responsible for maintain medical records for each person evaluated as an...
Retention periods Adult Day Health Care: Retention of Records, La. Admin. Code tit. 48, pt. I, § 4235
Aging Adult Services: Record Retention, La. Admin. Code tit. 50, pt. XXI, § 545
Dispensation of medications: Retention of Records, La. Admin. Code tit. 46, pt. XLV, § 6539
Hospital Records and Retention Act, La. Stat. Ann. § 40:2144 Hospital Records and Retention Act Hospital records may be accessed by the patient or patient’s representative in a reasonable manner...
Nursing Home Resident Records: Retention, La. Admin. Code tit. 48, pt. I, § 9865
Pain Management Clinics: Patient Records, La. Admin. Code tit. 48, pt. I, § 7861
Retention under the public health-general regulations - La. Admin. Code tit. 48, pt. I § 9395 Hospitals must retain patient records for 10 years. Records should be retained in original form, or via microfilm or similar technology. Images and x...
Controlled substances records Opioid Treatment Programs; Client Records, La. Admin. Code tit. 48, pt. I, § 5731