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Tex. Occ. Code § 153.003

RULES REGARDING MAINTENANCE OF PATIENT RECORDS

Known as the Medical Practice Act

The act spans §§ 151–172 (375 sections).

Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff

(a) The board by rule shall establish the period for which patient records must be maintained.

(b) The rules adopted under this section must prohibit a physician from destroying a medical record from the forensic medical examination of a sexual assault victim conducted under Subchapter G, Chapter 56A, Code of Criminal Procedure, until the 20th anniversary of the date the record was created.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.