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Miss. Code Ann. § 41-9-63 (2026)

Hospitals required to prepare and maintain hospital records

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All hospitals, their officers or employees and medical and nursing personnel practicing therein, shall with reasonable promptness prepare, make and maintain true and accurate hospital records complying with such methods and minimum standards as may be prescribed from time to time by rules and regulations adopted by the licensing agency.

Codes, 1942, § 7146-52; Laws, 1962, ch. 411, § 2, eff. 5/27/1962.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1992–2005 · leading case: Trevino v. Ortega, 969 S.W.2d 950 (Tex. 1998).
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Trevino v. Ortega, 969 S.W.2d 950 (Tex. 1998). · cites it 2× “2d at 821-22 (construing Miss.Code Ann. §§ 41-9-63, -69). Similarly, federal regulations require certain hospitals to retain medical records for at least five years.”
DeLaughter v. Lawrence Cnty. Hosp., 601 So. 2d 818 (Miss. 1992). “Miss. Code Ann. § 41-9-63 (1972), and § 41-9-69 (Supp.”
Young v. Univ. of Miss. Med. Ctr., 914 So. 2d 1272 (Miss. Ct. App. 2005). “See Miss.Code Ann. § 41-9-63 (Rev. 2001). He further argues that UMC's loss of the card should have given rise to a presumption of negligence and liability which UMC was required to rebut.”
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