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BPC § 4980.49

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Where this section sits in the code
  1. Business and Professions Code - BPC
  2. DIVISION 2. HEALING ARTS [500. - 4999.202.]
  3. CHAPTER 13. Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists [4980. - 4989.]
  4. ARTICLE 1. Regulation [4980. - 4980.81.]

(a) A marriage and family therapist shall retain a client’s or patient’s health service records for a minimum of seven years from the date therapy is terminated. If the client or patient is a minor, the client’s or patient’s health service records shall be retained for a minimum of seven years from the date the client or the patient reaches 18 years of age. Health service records may be retained in either a written or an electronic format.

(b) This section shall apply only to the records of a client or patient whose therapy is terminated on or after January 1, 2015.

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