Wisconsin Administrative Code
Dentistry Examining Board
Chapter DE 8 - Patient Dental Record Retention
Section DE 8.02 - Definitions
Current through August 26, 2024
In this chapter:
(1) "Patient" means a person who receives dental services from a licensed dentist or dental hygienist.
(2) "Patient dental record" or "patient health care record" has the meaning given in s. 146.81(4), Stats.
Section 146.81(4), 2011 Stats., reads: "Patient health care records" means all records related to the health of a patient prepared by or under the supervision of a health care provider; and all records made by an ambulance service provider, as defined in s. 256.01(3), an emergency medical technician, as defined in s. 256.01(5), or a first responder, as defined in s. 256.01(9), in administering emergency care procedures to and handling and transporting sick, disabled, or injured individuals. "Patient health care records" includes billing statements and invoices for treatment or services provided by a health care provider and includes health summary forms prepared under s. 302.388(2). "Patient health care records" does not include those records subject to s. 51.30, reports collected under s. 69.186, records of tests administered under s. 252.15(5g) or (5j), 343.305, 938.296(4) or (5) or 968.38(4) or (5), records related to sales of pseudoephedrine products, as defined in s. 961.01(20c), that are maintained by pharmacies under s. 961.235, fetal monitor tracings, as defined under s. 146.817(1), or a pupil's physical health records maintained by a school under s. 118.125."
