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Medical Records Collection, Retention, and Access in Texas

 

Medical Records Collection, Retention, and Access in Texas

Subtopic Statute/Regulation Description
Medical Records Collection, Retention, and Access 22 Tex. Admin. Code § 165.2 Medical record release and charges A physician must furnish copies or a summary or narrative of medical and/or billing records requested in...
25 Tex. Admin. Code § 133.42 Patient rights Hospitals must adopt, implement, and enforce a written policy that is prominently and conspicuously displayed in a public area of the...
Tex. Admin. Code tit. 22, § 165.1 Medical Records Texas requires licensed physicians to maintain medical records for adult patients for at least seven years following their last...
Tex. Health & Safety Code Ann. § 181.102 Consumer access to electronic health records If a health care provider is using an electronic health records system, he or she must provide such...
Tex. Health & Safety Code Ann. § 241.154 Request A patient or his or her legally authorized representative may submit a written authorization to examine or copy all or part of the patient's...
TEX. HEALTH & SAFETY CODE § 241.103 - Preservation of records under the health law A hospital must retain medical records for 10 years or, in the case of a minor patient, records must be retained until the patient turns 20 years old...
Tex. Occ. Code Ann. § 159.006 Information furnished by a physician A patient or authorized representative may submit a written and signed authorization for the release of the...
Tex. Occ. Code Ann. § 159.007 Medium by which information is provided A person providing a copy of a medical or billing record to an individual authorized to request and receive...
Tex. Occ. Code Ann. § 159.008 Physician fees for information A physician may charge a reasonable fee for copying a requested medical or billing record and may withhold the record...