With the speed at which tsunami waves travel through open water, no system can protect against a very sudden tsunami, where the coast in question is too close to the epicenter. A devastating tsunami occurred off the coast of HokkaidÅ in Japan as a result of an earthquake on July 12, 1993.
CONN. AGENCIES REGS. Â§ 19a-14-42: A health care provider must retain medical records for 7 years from the last date of treatment or, upon the date of the patient, for 3 years. Delaware: Records must be kept for a minimum of 6-9 years: DEL.
While there is no specific law for record retention at physician practices, hospitals are required to keep an adult patient's records for no less than 5 years after the visit date. For patients under the age of 18, records are to be retained by the hospital for 5 years or until the patient is the age of majority plus 3 years (21 years old), whichever date is later.