Minnesota Administrative Rules

4655.3200 PATIENT OR RESIDENT CARE RECORD.

Subpart 1.

Requirement for individual charts.

An individual chart shall be kept on each patient and resident admitted to the home.

Subp. 2.

Form of entries; verification.

All entries shall be made with a pen and signed by the person making the entry.

Subp. 3.

Duration and placement of records.

Accurate, complete, and legible records for each patient or resident from the time of admission to the time of discharge or death shall be kept current and shall be maintained in a chart holder at the nurses' or attendants' station, a central control point for the storage of records and medications.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 144.56; 144A.02 to 144A.08

Published Electronically:

January 19, 2005