Statute · California Business and Professions Code
Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 4980.49 — Regulation
Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 4980.49
- Type
- Statute
- Source
- California Business and Professions Code
- Jurisdiction
- California
- Date
- 2015-01-01
- Current through
- Nov 2, 2026 (California Legislative Counsel)
(a) A marriage and family therapist shall retain a client’s or patient’s health service records for a minimum of seven years from the date therapy is terminated. If the client or patient is a minor, the client’s or patient’s health service records shall be retained for a minimum of seven years…
Citator
Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 4980.49 — Regulation is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.
(a) A marriage and family therapist shall retain a client’s or patient’s health service records for a minimum of seven years from the date therapy is terminated. If the client or patient is a minor, the client’s or patient’s health service records shall be retained for a minimum of seven years from the date the client or the patient reaches 18 years of age. Health service records may be retained in either a written or an electronic format.
(b) This section shall apply only to the records of a client or patient whose therapy is terminated on or after January 1, 2015.