Indiana § 34-43-1-7 - Certification of medical records
Full text of Indiana Indiana Code § 34-43-1-7 — Certification of medical records, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 34-43-1-7. Certification of medical records
Sec. 7. The hospital employee's certification of the hospital medical records under section 5 of this chapter must:
(1) be signed by the hospital employee with custody of the hospital medical records; and
(2) include:
(A) the full name of the patient;
(B) the patient's medical record number;
(C) the number of pages in the hospital medical record; and
(D) a statement in substantially the following form:
"The copies of records for which this certification is made are true and complete reproductions of the original or microfilmed hospital medical records that are housed in __________ (name of hospital). The original records were made in the regular course of business, and it was the regular course of ____________ (name of hospital) to make the records at or near the time of the matter recorded. This certification is given under IC 34-43-1-5 by the custodian of the records instead of the custodian's personal appearance.".
[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-3-15.5-6(c).]
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.39.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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