§ 34-43-1-7 Certification of records

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34-43-1-7 Certification of records

    Sec. 7. The hospital employee's certification of the hospital medical records under section 5 of this chapter must:

    (1) be signed by the hospital employee with custody of the hospital medical records; and

    (2) include:

        (A) the full name of the patient;

        (B) the patient's medical record number;

        (C) the number of pages in the hospital medical record; and

        (D) a statement in substantially the following form:

    “The copies of records for which this certification is made are true and complete reproductions of the original or
microfilmed hospital medical records that are housed in _______ (name of hospital). The original records were made in
the regular course of business, and it was the regular course of _______ (name of hospital) to make the records at or near the time of the matter recorded. This certification is given under IC 34-43-1-5 by the custodian of the records instead of the custodian's personal appearance.”.