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Georgia state law for x-ray film and other medical records retention period

State law requires health care providers to keep medical record for a certain period of time.
The hospital shall retain all patients' medical records at least until the fifth anniversary of the patients' discharges. If the patient is a minor, the records must be retained for at least five (5) years past the age of majority. Records may be preserved in the hospital's format of choice, including but not limited to paper or electronic format, so long as the records are readable and capable of being reproduced in paper format upon request.

That adult's medical records will be kept for (5) Five years

The GA state also requires that minor's medical records will be kept until the minor becomes Nineteen years old.

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Disclaimer: The information for retaining periods of x-ray films in GA, brought as courtesy for our x-ray silver recovery customers. the information was collected from GA department of health website and other online sources, however, B.W. recycling, Inc is not responsible for the accuracy of the information on this page and might not be up to date.

HIPAA rule for disposing of x-ray films.

In case you do not know:
HIPAA left the responsibility for the X-ray film disposal process with the physicians/facilities and gave physicians/facilities the choice of doing an on-site or off-site X-ray film destruction.
However, the HIPAA rule states that the disposal process of the X-ray films and other medical records must be done in a way that preserves the confidentiality of the information.
Therefore, signing a BAA (Business Associate Agreement) with the recycling company is highly recommended.
Read more about BAA

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