Certification of medical records
Sec. 7. The hospital employee's certification of the hospital
medical records under section 5 of this chapter must:
(1) be signed by the hospital employee with custody of the
hospital medical records; and
(2) include:
(A) the full name of the patient;
(B) the patient's medical record number;
(C) the number of pages in the hospital medical record; and
(D) a statement in substantially the following form:
"The copies of records for which this certification is made
are true and complete reproductions of the original or
microfilmed hospital medical records that are housed in
__________ (name of hospital). The original records were
made in the regular course of business, and it was the
regular course of ____________ (name of hospital) to
make the records at or near the time of the matter
recorded. This certification is given under IC 34-43-1-5 by
the custodian of the records instead of the custodian's
personal appearance.".
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.39.
Last modified: May 24, 2006