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HOUSE BILL NO. 1524 Offered January 19, 2018 A BILL to direct the Board of Medicine to amend regulations related to retention of patient records; time. ---------- Patron-- Ingram ---------- Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. § 1. That the Board of Medicine shall amend regulations governing retention of patient records by health practitioners to require health care providers to maintain patient records (i) for a minimum of 10 years from the date the record was created for an adult patient and (ii) until the patient reaches the age of 18 or becomes emancipated, with a minimum time for record retention of 10 years from the date the record was created, for records of a minor child patient.