{"data":{"id":"us-ca/bpc-4980.49","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"BPC § 4980.49","heading":"","body":"(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.\n(b) This section shall apply only to the records of a client or patient whose therapy is terminated on or after January 1, 2015.","path":["Business and Professions Code - BPC","DIVISION 2. HEALING ARTS [500. - 4999.202.]","CHAPTER 13. Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists [4980. - 4989.]","ARTICLE 1. Regulation [4980. - 4980.81.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"8b2cab32eaff65f257d54a44c5b95d7866a506d5fb85184d36c9c1b305c2dced","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/bpc-4980.48","next":"us-ca/bpc-4980.50"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}