Posted by Mashogr8 on January 31, 2003, at 15:40:21
In reply to Re: What happens to our records?, posted by judy1 on January 31, 2003, at 9:58:57
I asked my psychologist that question yesterday -- what happens to the records -- just after he told me he would be going skiing for two weeks at the end of February. (The funny part was in the last three years of January skiing, he has come back injured. So now he wants to know why I am worrying about his dying or being abandoned by him in such a very definitive way. LOL). But I explained it was just a poi not a premonition of impending doom.
His answer: When someone meets an untimely death, the records would be held by the individual's estate. Those records would be transferred to new physicians as requested. The unclaimed recrocds would remain in storage until seven years had passed and would then be destroyed. When an individual retires, the records that are not forwarded to new phsycians would stay with the physician/psychologist who took over the practice. They would be available for at least seven years (for legal purposes). After that they would go into permanent storage or be destroyed per the psy/md orders.
Seems logical to me. I just hope I haven't jinxed his ski vacation.
MA
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