Licensure regulation of Mississippi
The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) initiated principles admonitions and statutes for healthcare facilities, health-related practitioners, and licenses facilities that alarm the public.
Health record content provisions
Federal and state health record laws strictly restrict private safeguarding of health records ruling out whether doctors should share your health information without your consent. MSDH provides the following health record law statutes:
Mississippi Code 41-63-1 and 3 regulate who has access to health records, that is, the medical health committee responsible for evaluating the quality of care provided to the patient(s).
Mississippi Code 13-1-21 explores favors that apply to medical records: Physician, patient, nurse, and pharmacist.
Compulsory reporting requisite per Mississippi Code 41-34-1 allows the licensing board to provide mandatory report requirements on hepatitis B and HIV viruses.
Mississippi Code 13-1-21 allows the doctor to share patient information required by state and local health departments on communicable diseases under patient consent and waiver statute.
HIV/AIDS provision as per Mississippi Code 99-19-203 allows HIV/AIDS results of a convicted sex assaulter to be shared with victims and spouses.
Record timeliness
Licensure regulations for Mississippi (MSDH) have put in place rules and regulations that dictate record timeliness. It states that health records should be accurate and completely documented, properly stored, and preserved at health centers for a reasonable period. Further states that (a) discharged resident health records shall be ended in 60 days from release day; (b) Medical history will be kept for five years in exception of a minor whose papers are held until age 21 plus additional 3years, (c) patients discharged at death, health record shall be kept for 7years unless otherwise and (d) graphic data and x-ray films shall be completed within 4years.
Nevada licensure regulators’
Retention statues
Under the embraced professional principals, a highly skilled nursing facility is responsible for keeping complete, accurate, well-organized, and easily accessible medical records. These health records ought to retain for:
- a) A minimum of 5years after patient dismissal unless the state says otherwise.
- b) A minimum of 3 years following the minor victim hits 18 years.
Health record copying statutes
Never provides the following health record copying statutes to her health care sector:
- a) A maximum of $0.60 should be the cost per page for photocopying health records and a logical amount for x-rays.
- b) Strictly health facilities should not charge administrative or services fees for copy furnishing.
Conclusion
In my opinion, health copying statutes are liberal, since they have set minimal photocopying cost which every social class in Nevada can afford. If the setting of photocopying cost were left to individual health facilities, many would have exploited the public.