{"data":{"id":"us-ca/bpc-4993","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"BPC § 4993","heading":"","body":"(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.\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 14. Social Workers [4991. - 4998.5.]","ARTICLE 2. Application of Chapter [4992. - 4993.]"],"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":"a46d0e90fe3003853c054c524616f060011d48ba8f22449939e8f7ce8a9bfb9a","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/bpc-4992.10","next":"us-ca/bpc-4996"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}