How long does chiropractic doctor have to keep medical records?
The retention period for chiropractic records varies by state, with most requiring records to be retained for at least seven years from the date of the last treatment. A few states require 10 years of retention, and some are open to interpretation. Here is a list of states and their specific requirements:
- Arkansas: No specific requirement, but should retain for "reasonable period of time".
- California: 7 years from date of last treatment
- Colorado: 7 years from date of last treatment or minor reaches age of majority
- Connecticut: 7 years from date of last treatment
- Florida: 5 years from date of last treatment
- Georgia: 7 years from date of last treatment
- Hawaii: 7 years from date of last treatment
- Illinois: 7 years from date of last treatment
- Indiana: 7 years from date of last treatment
- Iowa: 7 years from date of last treatment
- Kansas: 7 years from date of last treatment
- Kentucky: 7 years from date of last treatment
- Louisiana: 7 years from date of last treatment
- Maine: 7 years from date of last treatment
- Maryland: 7 years from date of last treatment
- Massachusetts: 7 years from date of last treatment
- Michigan: 7 years from date of last treatment
- Minnesota: 7 years from date of last treatment
- Mississippi: 7 years from date of last treatment
- Missouri: 7 years from date of last treatment
- Montana: 7 years from date of last treatment
- Nebraska: 7 years from date of last treatment
- Nevada: 7 years from date of last treatment
- New Hampshire: 7 years from date of last treatment
- New Jersey: 7 years from date of last treatment
- New Mexico: 7 years from date of last treatment
- New York: 7 years from date of last treatment
- North Carolina: 7 years from date of last treatment
- North Dakota: 7 years from date of last treatment
- Ohio: 7 years from date of last treatment
- Oklahoma: 7 years from date of last treatment
- Oregon: 7 years from date of last treatment
- Pennsylvania: 7 years from date of last treatment
- Rhode Island: 7 years from date of last treatment
- South Carolina: 7 years from date of last treatment
- South Dakota: 7 years from date of last treatment
- Tennessee: 7 years from date of last treatment
- Texas: 7 years from date of last treatment
- Utah: 7 years from date of last treatment
- Vermont: 7 years from date of last treatment
- Virginia: 7 years from date of last treatment
- Washington: 7 years from date of last treatment
- West Virginia: 7 years from date of last treatment
- Wisconsin: 7 years from date of last treatment
- Wyoming: 7 years from date of last treatment