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.
State laws may require a health care provider keep a patient's medical records for a certain period of time. Under PA law, a doctor must keep a patient's medical record for at least 7 years after the last treatment date. The exception is for the medical records of a minor, those records must be kept until 1 year after the minor reaches the age of majority or for 7 years, whichever is longer. Similarly, hospitals must keep medical records for at least 7 years after a patient is discharged from the hospital. Hospital records of minors must be kept until age of majority plus 7 years. In practice, many health care providers keep their medical records longer.