Tsunami warning system. A tsunami warning system (TWS) is used to detect tsunamis in advance and issue warnings to prevent loss of life and damage. It is made up of two equally important components: a network of sensors to detect tsunamis and a communications infrastructure to issue timely alarms to permit evacuation of the coastal areas.
The law also requires nursing facilities to maintain medical records for each patient. The records must be kept for seven years after the patient is discharged from the facility. If the patient is a minor, the records must be kept for one year after the patient reaches the age of 18, but for at least seven years.
(1) A record must be made contemporaneously with the provision of the medical treatment or other medical service or as soon as practicable afterwards. (2) This clause may be complied with by the making of further entries in a single record that relates to the patient concerned. 10 How long records are to be kept.(1) A record must be kept for at least 7 years from the date of last entry in the record, unless the patient was less than 18 years old at the date of last entry in the record. Records relating to patients. (1) A medical practitioner or medical corporation must, in accordance with this Part and Schedule 2, make and keep a record, or ensure that a record is made and kept, for each patient of the medical practitioner or medical.