Ind. Code § 34-43-1-7

Current through P.L. 171-2024

Section 34-43-1-7 - Certification of medical records

The hospital employee's certification of the hospital medical records under section 5 of this chapter must:

(1) be signed by the hospital employee with custody of the hospital medical records; and

(2) include:

(A) the full name of the patient;

(B) the patient's medical record number;

(C) the number of pages in the hospital medical record; and

(D) a statement in substantially the following form:

"The copies of records for which this certification is made are true and complete reproductions of the original or microfilmed hospital medical records that are housed in __________ (name of hospital). The original records were made in the regular course of business, and it was the regular course of ____________ (name of hospital) to make the records at or near the time of the matter recorded. This certification is given under IC 34-43-1-5 by the custodian of the records instead of the custodian's personal appearance.".

IC 34-43-1-7

Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-3-15.5-6(c).

As added by P.L. 1-1998, SEC.39.