HB 1643 - This act requires physicians to maintain adequate and complete medical records for their patients. Such records shall include identification of the patient, appointment dates, current status, observations, diagnosis, plan for treatment including prescriptions, and record of consent. Records must be maintained for at least seven years. Changes to records which occur forty-eight hours after the last entry must be noted. A consultative report will be adequate for certain persons. The State Board of Registration for the Healing Arts may not discipline a person solely for violation of this act. Finally, the Board may not obtain a patient's medical record without the patient's written consent or a subpoena.

This act is identical to SB 1024 (2002).
ERIN MOTLEY