SCS SB 1024 -- MEDICAL RECORDS

This bill requires physicians to maintain adequate, complete, and
legible medical records for each patient.  Physicians may
maintain electronic records if the records can be printed for
review by the State Board of Registration for the Healing Arts.
The bill specifies the contents for an adequate and complete
medical record.  Physicians or their designees are required to
maintain the medical records for a period of seven years from the
last date of service provided to a patient.

Physicians are required to clearly mark and sign any corrections,
additions, or changes to any patient medical record made after a
48-hour period from the final entry in a medical record.
Consultative reports are considered an adequate medical record
for a radiologist, a pathologist, or a consulting physician.

The board is prohibited from initiating disciplinary action as
required in Subsection 2 of Section 334.100, RSMo, against a
physician who violates provisions contained in the bill.  If the
board initiates a disciplinary action against a physician for any
reason other than a violation of the bill, the board can allege a
violation of the bill as an additional cause for disciplinary
action as contained in Subdivision 6 of Subsection 2 of Section
334.100.

The board is prohibited from obtaining a patient medical record
without written authorization from the patient or the issuance of
a subpoena for the patient medical record.

Missouri House of Representatives
Last Updated October 11, 2002 at 9:04 am