California Business and Professions Code

§ 4980.49

BPC § 4980.49 Effective Jan 1, 2015Div. 2 · Ch. 13 · Art. 1

Statute text

(a)A marriage and family therapist shall retain a client’s or patient’s health service records for a minimum of seven years from the date therapy is terminated. If the client or patient is a minor, the client’s or patient’s health service records shall be retained for a minimum of seven years from the date the client or the patient reaches 18 years of age. Health service records may be retained in either a written or an electronic format.

(b)This section shall apply only to the records of a client or patient whose therapy is terminated on or after January 1, 2015.

Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 312, Sec. 1. (SB 578) Effective January 1, 2015.