New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Chapter 44H - ORTHOTICS AND PROSTHETICS BOARD OF EXAMINERS
Subchapter 9 - CLIENT RECORDS
Section 13:44H-9.1 - Preparation and maintenance of client records

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 13:44H-9.1

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024

(a) A licensee shall prepare and maintain for each client a contemporaneous, permanent client record which accurately reflects the client contact with the orthotist, prosthetist, prosthetist-orthotist, orthotist assistant, prosthetist assistant, prosthetist-orthotist assistant or pedorthist, whether in an office, hospital or other evaluation or consultation setting.

(b) A licensee shall include at least the following information in the client record:

1. The client name (on each page of the record), address and telephone number;

2. The location and dates of all treatment, evaluation or consultation settings;

3. The identity of each provider of treatment, evaluation or consultation and the supervisor, if any;

4. The presenting situation;

5. The name and address of the referring physician, podiatrist or dentist;

6. All prescriptions relevant to the client;

7. A treatment or service plan;

8. Contemporaneous progress notes for each session;

9. Fees charged and paid unless a separate financial record is kept; and

10. The name of the manufacturer of any devise not made by the licensee.

(c) The licensee shall periodically review and update the treatment or service plan.

(d) The licensee shall retain the permanent client record for at least seven years from the date of last entry, unless otherwise provided by law.

(e) All licensees shall comply with this section notwithstanding an employer's recordkeeping requirements.

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