Photographic process; treatment as original for purposes of
admissibility
Sec. 1. (a) The recording of hospital medical records by an
electronic image system or reproduction process shall, for the
purposes of this chapter, be considered a photographic process.
(b) The making or recording of hospital medical records by
electronic data processing systems is an original written record.
Printouts or other types of retrieved information in written or printed
form shall be treated as original records in all courts or
administrative agencies for the purpose of its admissibility into
evidence.
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.39.
Last modified: May 24, 2006