Section 1250.05 Of Article 1. General From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 2. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 1.
1250.05
. (a) All general acute care hospitals licensed under this
chapter shall maintain a medical records system, based upon current
standards for medical record retrieval and storage, that organizes
all medical records for each patient under a unique identifier.
(b) This section shall not require electronic records or require
that all portions of patients' records be stored in a single
location.
(c) In addition, all general acute care hospitals shall have the
ability to identify the location of all portions of a patient's
medical record that are maintained under the general acute care
hospital's license.
(d) All general acute care hospitals, including those holding a
consolidated general acute care license pursuant to Section 1250.8,
shall develop and implement policies and procedures to ensure that
relevant portions of patients' medical records can be made available
within a reasonable period of time to respond to the request of a
treating physician, other authorized medical professionals,
authorized representatives of the department, or any other person
authorized by law to make such a request, taking into consideration
the physical location of the records and hours of operation of the
facility where those records are located, as well as the best
interests of the patients.