Ala. Admin. Code r. 630-X-13-.07

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 1, October 31, 2024

Section 630-X-13-.07 - Patient Records

(1) Patient records shall be maintained for all telemedicine services. The provider or distant site provider shall maintain the records created at any site where treatment or evaluation is provided.

(2) Patient records shall include copies of all relevant patient-related electronic communications, including relevant provider-patient email, prescriptions, laboratory and rest results, evaluations and consultation, records of past care, medical histories, and instructions. If possible, telemedicine encounters that are recorded electronically shall also be included in the patient record. Where means of storage will not allow for the storage of electronically recorded encounters with or in the patient record, the patient record shall include a notation or entry that the recording exists and the location and means of storage of such recording.

New Rule: November 6, 1998; effective December 11, 1998. Amended: Filed January 16, 2008; effective February 20, 2008.

Adopted by Alabama Administrative Monthly Volume XXXIII, Issue No. 05, February 27, 2015, eff. 3/13/2015.

Author: Dr. Fred Wallace

Statutory Authority:Code of Ala. 1975, §§ 34-22-80 through 34-33-87.