Robert,

If one of your locations is in Texas--separate them.

Retention of juvenile medical records are one of the banes of my job. The various Texas statutes and rules addressing the issue have various retention periods and inconsistent event dates so we wind up keeping all of them decades longer than the adult charts. 


Paul R. Scott, CA, CRM
Records Management Officer
Harris County, TX
713 274-7740

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Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2014 9:16 PM
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Subject: Adult vs minor records retention

Hello, My company acquired another company that has locations in states that require minor patient charts to be retained longer than adult patient charts. My question, is it better to keep these charts boxes separate or could we work around this process somehow housing all files together in the same box? Can someone please provide their experience with the retention of adult and patient charts?

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