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.
Along with rules for medical record copying fees, each state has their own laws in place to determine how long medical records must be kept by a facility. Regulations vary and are subject to change. Here are some examples: Tennessee. By law, most healthcare providers must keep records for no less than 10 years after a patient's last visit. If the patient is a minor, doctors must keep records for at least 10 years after the final office visit or until the child is 19 years old, whichever is longer. Tenn. Code Ann. Â§ 68-11-305. Georgia . Physician practices are required to keep records at least 10 years from the date that the records were created. Ga. Code Ann. Â§ 31-33- 2(a)(1)(A) and (B)(i)