WAC 296-802-20005. Keep employee medical records

(1) You must keep medical records for at least as long as the employee works for you plus thirty years. Exemption: • If an employee works for you for less than one year and you provide the records to them when they leave employment, you do not have to keep their medical records. • You do not need to keep the following records for any specific period: – Health insurance claims records maintained separately from your medical program and records. – Records of first-aid treatment, if made on-site by a nonphysician and if kept separately from the employee medical record. (2) You must keep chest X-ray films in their original state, such as film or electronic image.