federal law
YES
30 years
Fred E. Guymon has written: 'Records retention directory' -- subject(s): Files (Records), Management, Records, Records retention 'National and International Records Retention Standards'
If you can prove that their patient is, in fact, deceased, and that you are the executor of their estate, probably yes. Your actual problem may be that records retention laws rarely require medical practitioners to retain inactive medical records that are that old.
Jean M. Ciura has written: 'The retention book' -- subject(s): Files (Records), Management, Records, Records retention
Medical records are not subject to a statute of limitations. Record retention is usually based on advice from counsel regarding possible liability law suits. Tax liability is also a consideration.
It is about 2 years
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Ten years
I'm guessing you might mean your medical records? Your insurance records would be wherever you put them. Your medical records, or records of insurance payments would be with the medical provider.
EMR
Joan Richards has written: 'Medical Charting Demystified' -- subject(s): Medical records, Medical Records, Forms and Records Control, Computerized Medical Records Systems, OverDrive, Medical, Nonfiction