2016 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 63. Public Health and Safety
§63-1-739. Records.
All hospitals shall keep records, including admission and discharge notes, histories, results of tests and examinations, nurses worksheets, social service records and progress notes of patients. All abortion facilities and hospitals in which abortions are performed shall also keep certifications of medical necessity, certifications of nonviability, certifications of nonavailability, abortion reports and complication reports as required in this act. Such records shall be maintained in the permanent files of the hospital for a period of not less than seven (7) years.
Added by Laws 1978, c. 207, § 11, eff. Oct. 1, 1978.
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