BPC § 4993
Where this section sits in the code
- Business and Professions Code - BPC
- DIVISION 2. HEALING ARTS [500. - 4999.202.]
- CHAPTER 14. Social Workers [4991. - 4998.5.]
- ARTICLE 2. Application of Chapter [4992. - 4993.]
(a) A licensed clinical social worker 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 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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