An up-to-date, interdisciplinary record of care being given and patient and family status shall be kept. Records shall contain pertinent past and current medical, nursing, social and other therapeutic information and such other information that is necessary for the safe and adequate care of the patient and the family. Notations regarding all aspects of care for the patient and family shall be made in the record. When services are terminated, the record shall show the date and reason for termination.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-85-21
Recordkeeping requirements
Known as the Mississippi Hospice Law
The act spans §§ 41–41 (13 sections).
Laws, 1995, ch. 325, § 11, eff from and after July 1, 1995.
Current official text: Mississippi Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Mississippi statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.