Kansas Administrative Regulations
Agency 71 - KANSAS DENTAL BOARD
Article 1 - GENERAL RULES
Section 71-1-15 - Dental recordkeeping requirements

Universal Citation: KS Admin Regs 71-1-15

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 52, December 26, 2024

For the purposes of K.S.A. 65-1436 and amendments thereto, each licensee shall maintain for each patient an adequate dental record for 10 years after the date any professional service was provided. Each record shall disclose the justification for the course of treatment and shall meet all of the following minimum requirements:

(a) It is legible.

(b) It contains only those terms and abbreviations that are comprehensible to similar licensees.

(c) It contains adequate identification of the patient.

(d) It indicates the date any professional service was provided.

(e) It contains pertinent and significant information concerning the patient's condition.

(f) It reflects what examinations, vital signs, and tests were obtained, performed, or ordered and the findings and results of each.

(g) It indicates the initial diagnosis and the patient's initial reason for seeking the licensee's services.

(h) It indicates the medications prescribed, dispensed, or administered and the quantity and strength of each.

(i) It reflects the treatment performed or recommended.

(j) It documents the patient's progress during the course of treatment provided by the licensee.

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