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Medical Records Collection, Retention, and Access in Colorado

 

Medical Records Collection, Retention, and Access in Colorado

Subtopic Statute/Regulation Description
Medical Records Collection, Retention, and Access 6 Colo. Code Regs. 1011-1:II-5.2 Health care entity records All patient records held by a health care entity must be made available to the patient upon a at a reasonable time and...
C.R.S.A. § 25-1-801 Patient records in custody of health care facility All patient records held by a licensed health care facility must be made available to the patient...
C.R.S.A. § 25-1-802 Patient records in custody of individual health care providers All patient records held by a podiatrist, chiropractor, dentist, physician, doctor of...
Programmatic Functions - 6 COLO. CODE REGS. § 1011-1: IV-8.102 Medical records must be stored to be protected from unauthorized use and disclosure and to preserve the confidentiality of information. Medical...
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 Patient Medical Records, Colo. Code Regs. § 6-1011-1 (Chap 02 Part 5) Access to Patient Medical Records   Requires health care entities to provide patients or their designated representatives access to the patient...
Client Rights and Protections, Colo. Code Regs. § 10-2505-10 (§ 8.212.3) Client Rights and Protections.    Grants rights and protections to Medicaid clients enrolled in the Community Behavioral Health Services...
Client Rights and Protections, Colo. Code Regs. § 10-2505-10(§ 8.205.3) Client Rights and Protections,    Grants rights and protections to Primary Care Case Management Program, Managed Care Organization, and...
Clinical Records, Colo. Code Regs. § 10-2505-10 (§ 8.409.3) Clinical Records   Specifies the records that intermediate nursing care facilities must maintain (e.g., physician orders, lab reports, treatment...
Individual Rights of Persons Receiving Evaluation Care or Treatment, Colo. Code Regs. § 2-502-1 (21.280.26) Individual Rights of Persons Receiving Evaluation Care or Treatment   Establishes the rights of persons receiving treatment in mental health...
Patient records in custody of health care facility - definitions, Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-1-801 Patient records in custody of health care facility - definitions   Requires health care facilities to allow patients or their representatives an...
Patient records in custody of individual health care providers, Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-1-802 Patient records in custody of individual health care providers   Requires health care providers to allow patients or their representatives an...
Content of medical record Assessment, Colo. Code Regs. § 2-502-1 (21.190.3) Assessment   Requires behavioral health care services providers to conduct a best practices assessment within seven business days of a patient...
Benefits, Colo. Code Regs. § 10-2505-10 (§ 8.202.2) Benefits.    Identifies the dental services for children covered by Colorado’s medical assistance program. Includes two oral...
Clinical Records, Colo. Code Regs. § 10-2505-10 (§ 8.408.5) Clinical Records   Specifies the records that skilled nursing facilities must maintain (e.g., physician orders, lab reports, treatment records,...
Clinical Records, Colo. Code Regs. § 10-2505-10 (§ 8.409.3) Clinical Records   Specifies the records that intermediate nursing care facilities must maintain (e.g., physician orders, lab reports, treatment...
Content of Record, Colo. Code Regs. § 2-502-1 (21.290.54) Content of Record   Requires acute treatment units to maintain records that include the individual’s demographic information, diagnoses,...
Content of Records, Colo. Code Regs. § 2-502-1 (21.190.2) Content of Records   Specifies the information that behavioral health agencies must include in patient records (e.g., consent forms, service...
Content of records, Colo. Code Regs. § 2-502-1 (21.210.2) Content of Records   Requires agencies that provide substance use disorder services to maintain records. Specifies the content of these records...
Dental Services, Colo. Code Regs. § 6-1011-1 (Chap 05 § 12) Dental Services,    Requires nursing facilities to provide a dental examination to new residents and to document a resident’s refusal...
Determination for Skilled Nursing Care, Colo. Code Regs. § 10-2505-10 (§ 8.408.62) Determination for Skilled Nursing Care   Specifies the information that skilled nursing care facilities must obtain for client medical records...
Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment, Colo. Code Regs. § 10-2505-10(§8.280) Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment.    Classifies Medicaid enrollees aged 20 or younger as eligible for Early and...
Health Information Management, Colo. Code Regs. § 6-1011-1 (Chap 20 § 7) Health Information Management   Requires ambulatory surgical centers to develop systems for collecting, storing, and using health information...
Individual Rights of Persons Receiving Evaluation Care or Treatment, Colo. Code Regs. § 2-502-1 (21.280.26) Individual Rights of Persons Receiving Evaluation Care or Treatment   Establishes the rights of persons receiving treatment in mental health...
Infant immunization program, Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-1704 Infant immunization program - delegation of authority to immunize minor   Establishes an Infant Immunization Program with the Department of...
Informed Consent, Colo. Code Regs. § 2-502-1 (21.280.51) Informed Consent   Requires mental health facilities to obtain informed consent prior to using electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) or other painful...
Laboratory Tests, Colo. Code Regs. § 2-502-1 (21.320.64) Laboratory Tests   Requires health facilities that provide Opioid Medication Assisted Treatment (OMAT) to conduct or refer individuals for...
Laboratory Tests, Colo. Code Regs. § 2-502-1 (21.320.64) Laboratory Tests   Requires health facilities that provide Opioid Medication Assisted Treatment (OMAT) to conduct or refer individuals for...
Medical Care Services, Colo. Code Regs. § 6-1011-1 (Chap 05 § 8) Medical Care Services   Permits nursing facilities to allow practitioners to provide telehealth services to residents unless the service...
Medical record documentation requirements, Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-48-111 Medical record documentation requirements - reporting requirements - department compliance reviews - rules   Specifies the information that an...
Medication/Psychiatric services, Colo. Code Regs. § 2-502-1 (21.190.7) Medication/Psychiatric services   Designates a person as receiving “medication/psychiatric services only” if they receive a maximum...
Nursing Services, Colo. Code Regs. § 6-1011-1 (Chap 05 § 9) Nursing Services   Establishes standards for nursing services in nursing facilities that address the need for 24-hour nursing coverage,...
Patient/Clinical Functions, Colo. Code Regs. § 6-1011-1 (Chap 15 § 6) Patient/Clinical Functions   Requires non end-stage renal disease patients to obtain a referral from a licensed Colorado nephrologist in order...
Pregnant woman to take blood test, Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-201 Pregnant woman to take blood test.    Requires providers that care for pregnant patients to obtain a blood sample during their first...
Psychiatric Medications. Colo. Code Regs. § 2-502-1 (21.280.32) Psychiatric Medications.   Specifies the information that mental health facilities to must give patients and their legal guardians when ordering...
Transfer of Care, Colo. Code Regs. § 2-502-1 (21.280.71) Transfer of Care   Permits the transfer of patients to another mental health facility upon completion of a transfer planning conference....
Voluntary applications for mental health services - treatment of minors, Colo. Rev. Stat. § 27-65-103 Voluntary applications for mental health services - treatment of minors   Establishes standards and procedures for the voluntary admission of...
Required maintenance of medical records Cancer Drug Repository Program, Colo. Code Regs. § 6-1015-10 Cancer Drug Repository Program   Establishes the cancer drug repository program so that cancer patients or their family members may donate...
Clinical Records, Colo. Code Regs. § 10-2505-10 (§ 8.408.5) Clinical Records   Specifies the records that skilled nursing facilities must maintain (e.g., physician orders, lab reports, treatment records,...
Clinical Records, Colo. Code Regs. § 10-2505-10 (§ 8.409.3) Clinical Records   Specifies the records that intermediate nursing care facilities must maintain (e.g., physician orders, lab reports, treatment...
Content of records, Colo. Code Regs. § 2-502-1 (21.210.2) Content of Records   Requires agencies that provide substance use disorder services to maintain records. Specifies the content of these records...
General Provisions, Colo. Code Regs. § 2-502-1 (21.170.1) General Provisions   Requires agencies that provide behavioral health services pursuant to contracts with the Department of Human Services to...
Health Information Management, Colo. Code Regs. § 6-1011-1 (Chap 20 § 7) Health Information Management   Requires ambulatory surgical centers to develop systems for collecting, storing, and using health information...
Health Information Records, Colo. Code Regs. § 6-1011-1 (Chap 05 § 17) Health Information Records   Requires nursing facilities to maintain health information records. Specifies the information that must be included...
Maintenance of records, Colo. Code Regs. § 10-2505-10 (§ 8.100) Maintenance of records   Specifies the types of records that Medicaid providers must maintain (e.g., medical records, billing records, Medicaid...
Medical Records Department, Colo. Code Regs. § 6-1011-1 (Chap 04 Part 8) Medical Records Department   Requires hospitals to maintain complete and accurate medical records for admitted patients and patients receiving...
Medical Records, Colo. Code Regs. § 6-1011-1 (Chap 09 Part 8) Medical Records   Requires community clinics to maintain medical records. Species the content of these records (e.g., identifying data, medical...
Patient/Clinical Functions, Colo. Code Regs. § 6-1011-1 (Chap 15 § 6) Patient/Clinical Functions   Requires non end-stage renal disease patients to obtain a referral from a licensed Colorado nephrologist in order...
Physician Requirements, Colo. Code Regs. § 5-1006-2 (Regulation 8) Physician requirements; reasonable cause for referrals of physicians to the Colorado Medical Board; Reasonable cause for department adverse action...
Records, Colo. Rev. Stat. § 27-65-121 Records.    Classifies mental health records and information as confidential and privileged. Specifies the circumstances in which such...
Records, Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-42.5-131 Records.    Requires licensed pharmacists, pharmacies, and wholesalers to maintain prescription drug and controlled substances records for...
Destruction, storage and filing of medical records (Cross reference with Security of Health Information) Electronic storage of medical records, Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-1-1203 Electronic storage of medical records.    Requires health care providers, health plans, and health care clearinghouses to develop...
Health Information Management, Colo. Code Regs. § 6-1011-1 (Chap 20 § 7) Health Information Management   Requires ambulatory surgical centers to develop systems for collecting, storing, and using health information...
Protection of medical records , Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-36-140 Protection of medical records - licensee's obligations - verification of compliance - noncompliance grounds for discipline - rules   Requires...
Protection of medical records, Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-29.9-115 Protectoin of medical records.    Requires licensed audiologists to create security plans for patient medical records. Specifies the topics...