California CodesBusiness and Professions Code - BPCDivision 2 — Healing ArtsChapter 5 — MedicineArticle 12 — EnforcementSection 2266

The failure of a physician and surgeon to maintain adequate and accurate records relating to the provision of services to their patients for at least seven years after the last date of service to a patient constitutes unprofessional conduct.

Notes

Defines a physician and surgeon's failure to maintain adequate and accurate patient-service records for at least seven years after the patient's last date of service as unprofessional conduct. The required retention period runs from the last service date, and the records must satisfy both adequacy and accuracy requirements throughout that period.

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