§ 4989.51

Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 312, Sec. 2. (SB 578) Effective January 1, 2015.
(a)A licensed educational psychologist shall retain a client’s health service records for a minimum of seven years from the date therapy is terminated. If the client is a minor, the client’s health service records shall be retained for a minimum of seven years from the date the client 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 whose therapy is terminated on or after January 1, 2015.

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