Medical Record Policies

The unit shall have written policies, either in the unit's by-laws or established by the administrator pursuant to such by-laws, with respect to at least the following: (A) Use of Records by Authorized Personnel. Use of records by authorized personnel; (B) Transmittal Outside the Unit of Information from Medical Record. Transmittal outside the unit of information from a record, to an authorized person as defined in the by-laws as approved by the governing body; (C) Designation of Persons Authorized to Receive Medical Record. Designation of persons authorized under 105 CMR 145.560(A) and (B) to receive information from a record by either name of person or class of personnel or duty assignment, or any combination of such means; and (D) Release of Information from Medical Records Outside the Unit. Release of information from a record outside the unit to any other person, including a list, supported by advice of counsel to the unit, of such classes of persons who, by law, are entitled to access to such information without the consent provided for under 105 CMR 145.555.