N.D. Cent. Code § 31-08-01.3: Medical records recording

The recording of hospital medical records by an electronic image system or reproduction process is considered a photographic process. The making or recording of hospital medical records by electronic data processing systems is considered an original written record, and printout or other types of retrieved information in written or printed form must be treated as original records in all courts or administrative agencies for the purpose of its admissibility into evidence.