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Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 4993

Application of Chapter

Known as the Clinical Social Worker Practice Act

The act spans §§ 4991–4998 (67 sections).

Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 312, Sec. 3

(a) A licensed clinical social worker shall retain a client’s or patient’s health service records for a minimum of seven years from the date therapy is terminated. If the client or patient is a minor, the client’s or patient’s health service records shall be retained for a minimum of seven years from the date the client or patient reaches 18 years of age. Health service records may be retained in either a written or an electronic format.

(b) This section shall apply only to the records of a client or patient whose therapy is terminated on or after January 1, 2015.

Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.