North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 13 - NC MEDICAL CARE COMMISSION
Subchapter B - LICENSING OF HOSPITALS
Section .4000 - OUTPATIENT SERVICES
Section 13B .4005 - MEDICAL RECORDS
Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024
(a) The manager of outpatient services shall require that a record of outpatient care and services for each patient is maintained either in the ambulatory care services or medical records department.
(b) The facility shall develop a system of identification and filing to prepare for safe storage and prompt retrieval of records upon subsequent inpatient or outpatient visits.
(c) The facility shall establish medical records procedures which include provisions for maintaining the confidentiality of patient information and for the release of information to authorized individuals.
Authority
G.S.
131E-79;
Eff. January 1,
1996;
Pursuant to
G.S.
150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
substantive public interest Eff. July 22,
2017.
