2010 Tennessee Code
Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection
Chapter 140 - Emergency Services
Part 5 - Emergency Medical Services Act of 1983
68-140-519 - Records required to be kept by licensees and permittees.
68-140-519. Records required to be kept by licensees and permittees.
Each ambulance service and invalid vehicle operator, licensed or permitted by the department shall maintain the following:
(1) Run records;
(A) Information required to be contained in such records shall be promulgated by the board;
(B) All information contained in run records relative to, in whole or in part, a patient's medical histories, records, reports and summaries, diagnoses, prognoses, records of treatment and medication ordered and given, x-ray and radiology interpretations, physical therapy charts and notes, and lab reports, shall be considered medical records;
(C) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, an ambulance service provider shall furnish to a patient or a patient's authorized representative a copy of such patient's run record or records within five (5) business days upon request in writing by the patient or such representative; and
(D) Except as otherwise provided by law, such patient's run record or records shall not constitute a public record, and nothing contained in this part shall be deemed to impair any privilege of confidentiality conferred by law on patients, their personal representatives or heirs. Nothing in this subdivision (1)(D) shall impair or abridge the right of the patient or the patient's authorized representative to obtain copies of the patient's hospital records in the manner provided in § 68-11-304. Nothing in this subdivision (1)(D) shall be construed as prohibiting a patient's run record or records from being subpoenaed by a court of competent jurisdiction. As used in this subdivision (1), run record includes any list of patients that is compiled or maintained by or for such patient's ambulance service provider, but shall not include the dispatch log; and
(2) All other records deemed necessary and promulgated by the board.
[Acts 1997, ch. 280, § 2.]
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