| Privacy and Confidentiality |
28 Pa. Code § 115.34, Medical records review |
Requires health care facilities to periodically conduct medical records review.
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28 Pa. Code § 563.6, Preservation of medical records |
Requires ambulatory surgical facilities to maintain a patient’s medical record for at least seven years following the patient’s date of... |
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Access - 6 Pa. Code § 11.197 |
Clients of older adult daily living centers will have access to their own records and the information contained therein, unless, in the opinion of... |
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Authorization required for disclosure of nonpublic personal health information - 31 Pa. Code § 146b.11 |
A licensed insurer may disclose nonpublic personal health information about a consumer in the following circumstances:
Upon authorization from... |
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Cancer registry - 35 Pa. Stat. Ann. § 5636 |
The Department of Health maintains a system to collect and disseminate data on cases of cancer in the state by anatomical site, medical and... |
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Clinical records - 28 Pa. Code § 211.5 |
Long term care facility’s clinical records must conform to the following requirements:
Information contained in the resident’s record... |
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Clinical records - 28 Pa. Code § 601.36 |
Providers of home health care services must maintain a clinical record containing pertinent past and current findings for every patient receiving... |
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Confidentiality - 28 Pa. Code § 28.5 |
Identifying information relating to any newborn screened in the newborn screening program may be released in the following circumstances:
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Confidentiality - 28 Pa. Code § 5.53 |
Records and reports of examinations of specimens are confidential. 28 Pa Code Chapter 5, “Confidentiality” § 5.53
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Confidentiality - 40 Pa. Stat. Ann. § 991.2131 |
Managed care plans and utilization review entities must ensure that all identifiable information regarding enrollee health, diagnosis and treatment... |
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Confidentiality and compliance - 40 Pa. Stat. Ann. § 1303.311 |
Any documents, materials or information prepared by or received by the patient safety committee or governing board of a medical facility related to... |
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Confidentiality of and access to confidential reports - 35 Pa. Stat. Ann. § 10225.705 |
Reports made about abuse of an adult over age 60 who receives services in or from any of the following facilities are confidential:
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Confidentiality of and access to confidential reports - 35 Pa. Stat. Ann. §10210.505 |
Information contained in reports of abuse that are made to local protective service agencies, the department of public welfare and law enforcement... |
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Confidentiality of case reports - 28 Pa. Code § 27.5a |
Case reports submitted to the department of health or to a local morbidity reporting office (LMRO) related to diseases, conditions and infections are... |
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Confidentiality of information - 28 Pa. Code § 15.16 |
The director of a local health department must directly report to the department of health’s commissioner of local health whenever he becomes... |
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Confidentiality of medical records - 28 Pa. Code § 115.27 |
Medical record confidentiality
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Confidentiality of medical records - 28 Pa. Code § 563.9 |
Records should be confidential
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Confidentiality of records - 11 Pa. Stat. Ann. § 876-7 |
Information obtained in relation to the hearing screening program may not be disclosed by any person, employee or agent of such person to anyone... |
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Confidentiality of records - 35 Pa. Stat. Ann. § 7607 |
No individual who obtains confidential HIV-related information in the course of providing any health or social service may disclose, or be compelled... |
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Confidentiality of records - 35 Pa. Stat. Ann. §10225.306 |
Information contained in reports, records of investigation, client assessment and service plans relating to abuse or neglect of service recipients... |
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Confidentiality of records - 50 Pa. Stat. Ann. § 7111 |
All documents concerning individuals receiving mental health services must be kept confidential. Documents may be released or disclosed under the... |
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Confidentiality of records - 71 Pa. Stat. Ann. § 1690.108 |
Substance abuse treatment information is confidential and privileged to the patient, and may only be disclosed pursuant to the statute.
Substance... |
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Confidentiality of records of licensure boards - 40 Pa. Stat. Ann. § 1303.907 |
All documents, materials or information utilized solely for investigation undertaken by the state board of medicine or the state board of osteopathic... |
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Confidentiality of reports and records - 35 Pa. Stat. Ann. § 521.15 |
State and local health authorities may disclose reports of diseases or records of actions taken in response to such reports under the following... |
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Confidentiality of review organization's records - 63 Pa. Stat. Ann. § 425.4 |
The proceedings and records of a peer review committee will be confidential and may not be subject to discovery or introduction into evidence in any... |
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Consent of minor - 71 Pa. Stat. Ann. § 1690.112 |
A minor may consent to substance abuse treatment on his or her own behalf, and providers are permitted but not obligated to disclose treatment... |
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Contents - 28 Pa. Code § 115.32 |
Medical record contents
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Contents of records - 28 Pa. Code § 5.52 |
The record must identify the person from whom the specimen was taken and include the result of the test. 28 Pa Code Chapter 5, “Contents of... |
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Department authority to require complete reporting - 28 Pa. Code § 27.32d |
The department of health may access and review patient records maintained by physicians, hospitals and persons providing HIV services for the... |
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Department investigations - 28 Pa. Code § 9.605 |
The department of health may investigate plans to determine their compliance with regulations; the department may access enrollees’ medical... |
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Form and content of record - 28 Pa. Code § 563.12 |
Ambulatory surgical facilities must maintain a separate medical record for each patient that includes the following information:1
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Health record transfer, retention and confidentiality - 28 Pa. Code § 501.62 |
Birth centers must comply with the following requirements pertaining to patient medical records:
If a patient is transferred or referred to... |
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HMO external quality assurance assessment - 28 Pa. Code § 9.654 |
Within 18 months of enrollment, and every three years thereafter, an HMO must use an acceptable external quality review organization to conduct a... |
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Implementation - 28 Pa. Code § 103.22 |
All hospitals must establish a Patient’s Bill of Rights that contains the following provisions relating to patients:
The right, upon... |
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Medical facility reports and notifications - 40 Pa. Stat. Ann. § 1303.313 |
Medical facilities must report to the department of health and the patient safety authority an occurrence of a serious event involving the clinical... |
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Medical records - 49 Pa. Code § 25.213 |
Every osteopathic physician must maintain a medical record for each patient that identifies the patient and provides pertinent clinical information,... |
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Operational standards - 40 Pa. Stat. Ann. § 991.2152 |
Utilization review entities must do the following:
Protect the confidentiality of enrollee medical records;
Conduct utilization reviews based... |
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Ownership - 28 Pa. Code § 563.10 |
Ambulatory surgical facilities must maintain a separate medical record for each patient that includes the following information: 28 Pa. Code Chapter... |
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Patient medical records - 28 Pa. Code § 115.31 |
All hospitals must maintain patient records in accordance with the following provisions:
A medical... |
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Patient’s rights - 28 Pa. Code § 501.46 |
Birthing centers must have written policies and procedures that provide the following rights to patients:
Right to confidentiality, anonymity and... |
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Plan reporting requirements - 28 Pa. Code § 9.604 |
A plan must annually submit to the department of health a detailed report of its activities, including the following provisions: ... |
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Preservation of medical records - 28 Pa. Code § 115.23 |
Preservation of medical records
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Professional records - 49 Pa. Code § 41.57 |
Psychologists must maintain a record for each client, which includes, at a minimum:
The name and address of the client/patient and, if the client... |
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Quality assurance standards - 28 Pa. Code § 9.674 |
A managed care plan must have an ongoing quality assurance program that includes review, analysis and assessment of the access, availability and... |
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Record audits - 28 Pa. Code § 27.32e |
The department may audit records dating back to January 1, 2000 maintained by physicians, hospitals and persons providing HIV services for purposes... |
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Recordkeeping - 6 Pa. Code § 21.60 |
Each area agency on aging providing domiciliary care services must maintain a case record for each client receiving services; these records must... |
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Records: Disclosure in general - 35 Pa. Stat. Ann. § 450.801 |
Vital statistics records of the department of health and local registrars may not be made open to public inspection, except as otherwise authorized;... |
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Release of information - 6 Pa. Code § 11.198 |
Release of information about a client of an older adult daily living center to a person or entity without legal authorization is prohibited unless... |
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Report of findings - 28 Pa. Code § 5.47 |
A clinical laboratory may only report its findings to the person who submitted the specimen or requested the analysis, or to health officials as... |
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Reportable diseases - 28 Pa. Code § 5.49 |
The director of the laboratory must report to the department of health all findings which indicate the presence of any reportable disease. 28 Pa.... |
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Reporting - 28 Pa. Code § 15.17 |
The director of a local health department must directly report to the department of health’s commissioner of local health whenever he becomes... |
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Reporting and notification - 40 Pa. Stat. Ann. § 1303.308 |
Any health care worker who reasonably believes that a serious event or incident has occurred must report the event according to the patient safety... |
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Reporting cases of cancer - 28 Pa. Code § 27.31 |
Each case of cancer must be reported in accordance with the following:
To the cancer registry maintained by the department of health’s... |
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Reporting Incidents of Professional Misconduct - 35 Pa. Stat. Ann. § 448.806a |
All health care facilities and hospitals must report to the applicable state board within 60 days of the occurrence of any of the following events... |
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Reporting of unusual incidents - 6 Pa. Code § 11.16 |
Older adult daily living centers must establish written policies and procedures on the recording, reporting and management of unusual incidents which... |
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Reports to department and coroner - 35 Pa. Stat. Ann. § 10225.702 |
The local provider of protective services must transmit to the department of aging written reports involving sexual abuse, serious physical injury,... |
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Retention of reports - 28 Pa. Code § 5.51 |
Each laboratory must keep a record of test results for each specimen; if the laboratory is part of a hospital, the permanent laboratory record may be... |
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Right-to-Know Law and access to council data - 35 Pa. Stat. Ann. § 449.10 |
The Right-to-Know law enables the health care cost containment council to make determinations on requests for its information and data in favor of... |
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Unprofessional and immoral conduct - 49 Pa. Code § 16.61 |
A Board-regulated practitioner who engages in unprofessional or immoral conduct is subject to disciplinary action. Unprofessional or immoral conduct... |
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