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16-46-301. Definitions.
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16-46-301. Definitions.
As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) “Custodian” means the medical records librarian and the administrator or other chief officer of a duly licensed hospital, physician's office, or comprehensive community mental health center in this state and its proprietor, as well as his or her deputies and assistants, and any other persons who are official custodians or depositories of records; and
(2)(A) “Records” means hospital records, physician's records, or medical records and includes an admitting form, discharge summary, history and physical, progress notes, physicians' orders, reports of operations, recovery room records, lab reports, consultation reports, medication records, nurses' notes, and other reports catalogued and maintained by the hospital's medical record department or by a physician's office.
(B) However, “records” shall not mean and include X-rays, electrocardiograms, and similar graphic matter.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 16-46-301
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16-46-301. Definitions.
As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) “Custodian” means the medical records librarian and the administrator or other chief officer of a duly licensed hospital, physician's office, or comprehensive community mental health center in this state and its proprietor, as well as his or her deputies and assistants, and any other persons who are official custodians or depositories of records; and
(2)(A) “Records” means hospital records, physician's records, or medical records and includes an admitting form, discharge summary, history and physical, progress notes, physicians' orders, reports of operations, recovery room records, lab reports, consultation reports, medication records, nurses' notes, and other reports catalogued and maintained by the hospital's medical record department or by a physician's office.
(B) However, “records” shall not mean and include X-rays, electrocardiograms, and similar graphic matter.
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