New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 10 - HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 62 - VISION CARE SERVICES MANUAL
Subchapter 1 - EYE CARE: PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
Section 10:62-1.21 - Recordkeeping policies

(a) Providers shall keep such legible individual records as are necessary to fully disclose the kind and extent of services provided, as well as the medical necessity for those services. Data shall include such quantitative positive and negative findings as will be meaningful in a subsequent review. Check marks are not acceptable. The information shall be readily available to representatives of the New Jersey Medicaid/NJ FamilyCare fee-for-service programs, or their agents, as required.

(b) Records shall be kept and maintained by the provider for a period of at least five years from the date the service was rendered.