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2021 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 44 - Health
Chapter 115 - Physicians' Patient Records Act
Section 44-115-120. Length of time records must be kept; records pertaining to minors.
Universal Citation: SC Code § 44-115-120 (2021)
Physicians shall retain their records for at least ten years for adult patients and at least thirteen years for minors. These minimum recordkeeping periods begin to run from the last date of treatment. After these minimum recordkeeping periods, the records may be destroyed.
HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 480, Section 1.
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