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Medical Records Collection, Retention, and Access in North Dakota

 

Medical Records Collection, Retention, and Access in North Dakota

Subtopic Statute/Regulation Description
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 records, N.D. Cent. Code § 23-07.6-07 Access to Records   Requires hospitals to allow hospitalized individuals, their representatives, their attorney, and the state attorney access...
Confidentiality in research projects, N.D. Admin Code 75-01-02-02 Confidentiality in research projects   Permits researchers to access information regarding applicants or recipients of services from the...
Confidentiality of records, N.D. Cent Code § 43-17.3-07 Confidentiality of records   Classifies physician health program records as confidential. Prohibits disclosure unless necessary to provide...
Copies of medical records and medical bills, N.D. Cent Code § 23-12-14 Copies of medical records and medical bills   Requires health care providers to provide free copies of a patient’s health care records...
Individual participation, N.D. Admin Code 113-02-01-03 Individual participation    Makes participation in the North Dakota Health Information Network the default unless an individual opts-out in...
Patient records relating to psychiatric care, N.D. Admin. Code 50-02-10-01 Patient records relating to psychiatric care   Permits physicians to transfer psychiatric records to a patient or a patient’s...
Pharmacy patient's bill of rights, N.D. Admin Code 61-04-07-01 Pharmacy patient's bill of rights    Grants pharmacy patients 11 rights including the right to view their patient records, the right to...
Psychiatric services in hospitals, N.D. Admin Code 33-07-01.1-36 Psychiatric services in hospitals   Establishes licensure standards for psychiatric services in general acute hospitals that provide such...
Content of medical record Client records, N.D. Admin Code 75-09.1-01-22 Client records   Requires substance abuse treatment programs to maintain confidential client records and to establish a policy for client access...
Clinical record services, N.D. Admin Code 33-03-10.1-16 Clinical record services   Requires home health agencies to maintain clinical records and specifies the content of these records (e.g.,...
Clinical record services, N.D. Admin Code 33-03-24.1-13 Clinical record services   Requires basic care facilities to securely maintain resident records. Specifies the information that basic care...
Drug distribution and control, N.D. Admin Code 61-06-01-05 Drug distribution and control    Requires a pharmacy that provides home health care pharmacy services to establish a patient profile for...
Drug distribution and control, N.D. Admin Code 61-07-01-07 Drug Distribution and Control    Requires the director of a hospital pharmacy to establish procedures for distributing and securing drugs...
Hospital Records, N.D. Cent. Code § 23-01-12 Hospital records to be kept at the direction of state health officer.    Requires hospitals to maintain records of persons admitted for the...
Medical record services, N.D. Admin Code 33-07-01.1-20 Medical record services,    Requires general acute hospitals to maintain confidential medical records for all admitted patients. Limits...
Patient care guidelines, N.D. Admin Code 61-06-01-07 Patient care guidelines   Establishes patient care guidelines for home health care pharmacy services. Requires the designation of a primary care...
Patient profile record system, N.D. Cent. Code § 43-15-31.1 Patient profile record system   Requires pharmacies to maintain a patient profile records system and to retain patient records for at least five...
Psychiatric services in hospitals, N.D. Admin Code 33-07-01.1-36 Psychiatric services in hospitals   Establishes licensure standards for psychiatric services in general acute hospitals that provide such...
Requirements of records and notifications, N.D. Admin Code 61-04-11-06 Requirements of records and notifications,    Requires pharmacists that administer an injection to notify the ordering practitioner within...
Resident record services, N.D. Admin Code 33-07-03.2-17 Resident record services   Requires licensed nursing facilities to maintain confidential records for all residents. Grants residents the right...
Required maintenance of medical records Client records, N.D. Admin Code 75-09.1-01-22 Client records   Requires substance abuse treatment programs to maintain confidential client records and to establish a policy for client access...
Clinical record services, N.D. Admin Code 33-03-10.1-16 Clinical record services   Requires home health agencies to maintain clinical records and specifies the content of these records (e.g.,...
Clinical record services, N.D. Admin Code 33-03-24.1-13 Clinical record services   Requires basic care facilities to securely maintain resident records. Specifies the information that basic care...
Discontinuance of practice, N.D. Admin. Code 20-02-01-08 Discontinuance of practice -- Retirement -- Discontinuance of treatment    Requires licensed dentists to maintain patient records and to...
Distribution and control, N.D. Admin Code 61-03-02-04 Distribution and control   Requires a long term care facility’s consulting pharmacist to establish procedures for distributing...
Drug distribution and control, N.D. Admin Code 61-06-01-05 Drug distribution and control    Requires a pharmacy that provides home health care pharmacy services to establish a patient profile for...
Eligibility and approval, N.D. Admin Code 61-04-08-03 Eligibility and approval    Permits licensed practitioners and pharmacists to enter into collaborative drug therapy agreements. Requires...
Hospital Records, N.D. Cent. Code § 23-01-12 Hospital records to be kept at the direction of state health officer.    Requires hospitals to maintain records of persons admitted for the...
Medical record services, N.D. Admin Code 33-07-01.1-20 Medical record services,    Requires general acute hospitals to maintain confidential medical records for all admitted patients. Limits...
Oral transmission of prescriptions, N.D. Cent. Code § 43-15-31.3 Oral transmission of prescriptions   Permits licensed pharmacists and pharmacist interns to dispense orally transmitted prescriptions when...
Patient care guidelines, N.D. Admin Code 61-06-01-07 Patient care guidelines   Establishes patient care guidelines for home health care pharmacy services. Requires the designation of a primary care...
Pharmacists furnishing naloxone, N.D. Admin Code 61-04-12-02 Pharmacists furnishing Naloxone,   Permits pharmacists to prescribe naloxone in accordance with the Board of Pharmacy's protocol. Requires...
Psychiatric services in hospitals, N.D. Admin Code 33-07-01.1-36 Psychiatric services in hospitals   Establishes licensure standards for psychiatric services in general acute hospitals that provide such...
Record maintenance, N.D. Cent. Code § 23-07.5-04 Record Maintenance    Requires health care providers that test body fluids or tissues for disease following an exposure to maintain records...
Requirements, N.D. Admin Code 33-06-16-04 Requirements    Requires health care providers to document a parent or guardian’s refusal of newborn screening in an infant’s...
Resident record services, N.D. Admin Code 33-07-03.2-17 Resident record services   Requires licensed nursing facilities to maintain confidential records for all residents. Grants residents the right...
Residents' rights -- Implementation, N.D. Cent. Code § 50-10.2-02 Residents' rights -- Implementation    Specifies the rights of health care facility residents. These 20 rights include the right to receive...
Retention periods Clinical record services, N.D. Admin Code 33-03-10.1-16 Clinical record services   Requires home health agencies to maintain clinical records and specifies the content of these records (e.g.,...
Clinical record services, N.D. Admin Code 33-03-24.1-13 Clinical record services   Requires basic care facilities to securely maintain resident records. Specifies the information that basic care...
Information management, N.D. Admin Code 75-09.1-01-06 Information Management   Requires substance abuse treatment programs to collect and submit specified data to the Department of Human Services....
Medical record services, N.D. Admin Code 33-07-01.1-20 Medical record services,    Requires general acute hospitals to maintain confidential medical records for all admitted patients. Limits...
Patient profile record system, N.D. Cent. Code § 43-15-31.1 Patient profile record system   Requires pharmacies to maintain a patient profile records system and to retain patient records for at least five...
Pharmacists furnishing naloxone, N.D. Admin Code 61-04-12-02 Pharmacists furnishing Naloxone,   Permits pharmacists to prescribe naloxone in accordance with the Board of Pharmacy's protocol. Requires...
Requirements of records and notifications, N.D. Admin Code 61-04-11-06 Requirements of records and notifications,    Requires pharmacists that administer an injection to notify the ordering practitioner within...
Resident record services, N.D. Admin Code 33-07-03.2-17 Resident record services   Requires licensed nursing facilities to maintain confidential records for all residents. Grants residents the right...
Retention of records, N.D. Admin Code 20-02-01-09 Retention of Records   Requires dentists to keep patient records for at least six years after their last visit with the patient or, if the...
Controlled substances records Distribution and control, N.D. Admin Code 61-03-02-04 Distribution and control   Requires a long term care facility’s consulting pharmacist to establish procedures for distributing...
Drug distribution and control, N.D. Admin Code 61-07-01-07 Drug Distribution and Control    Requires the director of a hospital pharmacy to establish procedures for distributing and securing drugs...
Operations, N.D. Admin Code § 61-02-08-03 Operations   Establishes standards for the operation of remote site pharmacies—pharmacies staffed by a pharmacy technician, but connected...
Medical Records Collection, Retention, and Access N.D. Admin. Code § 33-07-01.1-20 Medical Records Services The general acute hospital, including primary care and specialized hospitals, must have a medical records service that...
N.D. ADMIN. CODE § 33-07-01.1-20 - Medical records services under the State Department of Health regulations A hospital must retain patient records for 10 years from the date a patient was last treated. In the case of minors, records must be retained until...
N.D. Cent. Code § 23-12-14 Copies of medical records and medical bills These requirements apply to a licensed individual or facility providing health care services.  A...