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Re: Health records
Well...
There are state, local, and federal statutes about retention of medical
records. They MUST be kept confidential, and I don't believe they can be
shown to anyone without a legal reason to do so, i.e. a school official in
the course of official business.
Retention here at NS-LIJ is six years from discharge for an adult, 21 years
for babies born here (age of majority + 3 years). Before you do anything
with them I'd advise getting a competent legal opinion. Depending on the
age of the student, you may be required to keep them until they reach 18; if
you are a university, you may not need to keep them that long.
Finally, if you do decide to dump them, they should be shredded to preserve
confidentiality.
DS (My understanding of this, not a legal opinion.)
______________________________________
Daniel Sokolow, Archives Coordinator
David Taylor Archives
North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System
155 Community Drive
Great Neck, NY 11021
mailto:dsokolow@nshs.edu
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nancy Iannucci [SMTP:niannucc@EMMA.TROY.NY.US]
> Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 12:31 PM
> To: ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU
> Subject: Health records
>
> Hi All:
>
> I have a question--Actually, I'd like get an over all consensus on the
> issue of student health records. I am working on processing student
> records--as I come across health related materials- I separate them into a
> folder marked "confidential". Now, I have had opinions (from archivists
> that I've worked with) in the past to get rid of the health records
> altogether. Just chucking them, to me, doesn't seem to be the right
> approach. Or maybe it is.
>
> What do you think?
>
> Nancy Iannucci
> Emma Willard School Archives
>
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