In a message dated 9/17/2007 3:05:33 PM Central Daylight Time,  
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If a  hospital discontinues operation, it shall make known to the
Department  where its records are stored. Records are to be stored in a
facility  offering retrieval services for at least 5 years after the closure
date.  Prior to destruction, public notice shall be made to permit former
patients  or their representatives to claim their own records. Public notice
shall be  in at least two forms, legal notice and display advertisement in  a
newspaper of general circulation.



We have a similar process for physicians to use regarding their  patients 
records when they close a practice, die, or retire and turn the patient  records 
over to another physcian. In addition to legal notices and display  
advertisement in the paper, a written communication is mailed to the last know  address
 
Trudy M.  Phillips
File Management, LLC 
"Bringing Order Out of  Chaos"
8440 Lanewood Circle 
Leeds, AL 35094
Office:  205/699-8571   Fax: 205/699-3278 _www.filemanagement.com_ 
(http://www.filemanagement.com/)  
We now have  a Huntsville office.




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