23-01-12. Hospital records to be kept at direction of department

23-01-12. Hospital records to be kept at direction of department When any person is admitted into a lying-in hospital or other institution, public or private, to which persons resort for the treatment of disease or for confinement, or to which persons are committed by process of law, the superintendent, manager, or other person in charge of such institution shall make a record of all the personal and statistical particulars relative to such person. The record must be in such form as is directed by the department of health and human services. In the case of any person admitted or committed for medical treatment of disease, the physician in charge shall specify for entry in the records the nature of the disease and where, in the physician's opinion, it was contracted. The personal particulars and information required for compliance with the provisions of this section must be obtained from the individual personally if practicable, and when the information cannot be obtained from the individual, from the individual's relatives or friends or from any other person acquainted with the facts.