Fla. Stat. § 395.3015

Current through Chapter 158 of the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 395.3015 - Patient records; form and content

Each hospital operated by the agency or by the Department of Corrections shall require the use of a system of problem-oriented medical records for its patients, which system shall include the following elements: basic client data collection; a listing of the patient's problems; the initial plan with diagnostic and therapeutic orders as appropriate for each problem identified; and progress notes, including a discharge summary. The agency shall, by rule, establish criteria for such problem-oriented medical record systems in order to ensure comparability among facilities and to facilitate the compilation of statewide statistics.

Fla. Stat. § 395.3015

ss. 26, 30, ch. 82-182; ss.30, 98, ch. 92-289.

Former s. 395.016.