| Record Retention

| Record Retention Beginning January 1, 2026, medical records for all new patients, and any patient seen after January 1, 2022, shall be retained by licensees in the original, microfilmed, or similarly reproduced form for a minimum period of ten (10) years from the date a patient is last treated by a licensee. Graphic matter, images, X-ray films, and like matter that were necessary to produce diagnostic or therapeutic reports shall be retained, preserved, and properly stored by a licensee in the original, microfilmed, or similarly reproduced form for a minimum period of five (5) years from the date a patient is last treated by the licensee. Such graphic matter, images, X-ray films, and like matter shall be retained for a longer period when requested in writing by the patient. Before the destruction of any patient records, licensees must provide at least six (6)-months' notice to the patient of the impending record(s) destruction. Medical records in their original, microfilmed, or similarly reproduced form shall be provided upon request to a parent or guardian of an unemancipated minor under eighteen (18) without the permission of such unemancipated minor.