Terri, I know of some USA regulatory agencies that require the record copy 
of certain types of documents, or the server hosting the record copy, be 
located and maintained within the geographic borders of the US.  I do not 
know of any Canadian or Mexican laws and regulations that prohibit those 
types of records from being transported to the US.  There could be.

My suggestion is if you cannot locate such Canadian and Mexican regulations 
go ahead and have the documents sent to you if they are on the paper or film 
media.  If electronic, just make sure you have access to them or capture 
electronic copies and place on one of the servers in your location.

Best regards, Steve
Steven D. Whitaker, CRM

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Terri Scovill" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 12:59 PM
Subject: Managing Records accross multiple countires


>I work for a company in which I am responsible for the records for 16 
>facilities
> ranging through multiple states, locations in Mexico and in Canada. 
> Although
> many records are electronic, there are still a lot of hard copy documents. 
> I
> know that certain laws prevent moving some documents from Canada and
> Mexico into the states but I haven't found anything concerning our quality
> documents. (Manufacturing company with testing, inspection records
> maintained for 20 years)
> <snip> 

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