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Tennessee Code Title 68. Health, Safety and Environmental Protection § 68-11-305

Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a)(1) Unless specified otherwise by the board, a hospital shall retain and preserve records that relate directly to the care and treatment of a patient for a period of ten (10) years following the discharge of the patient or such patient's death during such patient's period of treatment within the hospital.

(2) In cases of patients under mental disability or minority, their complete hospital records shall be retained for the period of minority or known mental disability, plus one (1) year, or ten (10) years following the discharge of the patient, whichever is longer.

(b) An X-ray film may be retired four (4) years after the date of exposure; provided, that the written findings or interpretations of a radiologist who has read the X-ray film signed by the radiologist shall be retained for the same period as other hospital records under subsection (a).

(c) Notwithstanding any law or rule to the contrary, mammography records shall be retained for the same period as other hospital records under subsection (a).

(d)(1) Upon retirement of the record as provided in subsection (a), the record or any part of the retired record shall be destroyed by burning, shredding or other effective method in keeping with the confidential nature of its contents.

(2) Destruction of records must be made in the ordinary course of business and no record shall be destroyed on an individual basis.

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