California CodesBusiness and Professions Code - BPCDivision 2 — Healing ArtsChapter 6.6 — PsychologistsArticle 1 — General ProvisionsSection 2919
A licensed psychologist shall retain a patient’s health service records for a minimum of seven years from the patient’s discharge date. If the patient is a minor, the patient’s health service records shall be retained for a minimum of seven years from the date the patient reaches 18 years of age.
Notes
Requires a licensed psychologist to retain a patient’s health-service records for at least seven years after the patient’s discharge date. Extends the retention rule for a patient who is a minor by requiring those records to be kept for at least seven years after the patient reaches 18 years of age.
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