§ 34-43-1-7 — Certification of medical records

Indiana § 34-43-1-7

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 34: CIVIL LAW AND PROCEDURE
• Art. 43: EVIDENCE: MEDICAL RECORDS
• Ch. 1: Hospital Medical Records

Text

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

Legislative History

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