Sec. 1. (a) The recording of hospital medical records by an electronic image system or reproduction process shall, for the purposes of this chapter, be considered a photographic process.
(b) The making or recording of hospital medical records by electronic data processing systems is an original written record. Printouts or other types of retrieved information in written or printed form shall be treated as original records in all courts or administrative agencies for the purpose of its admissibility into evidence.
[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-3-15.5-2.]
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.39.
Structure Indiana Code
Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure
Article 43. Evidence: Medical Records
Chapter 1. Hospital Medical Records
34-43-1-1. Photographic Process; Treatment as Original for Purposes of Admissibility
34-43-1-2. Authentication of Entries; Procedure
34-43-1-3. Availability of Records to Authorized Persons
34-43-1-4. Photostatic Copies; Admissibility
34-43-1-5. Response to Subpoena or Court Order
34-43-1-6. Delivery of Copies Pursuant to Subpoena
34-43-1-7. Certification of Medical Records
34-43-1-9. Procedure When Records Not in Possession of Hospital
34-43-1-10. Medical Records Confidential Under Certain Federal Statutes
34-43-1-11. Medical Records Regarding Treatment for Mental Illness
34-43-1-12. Confidential Records Regarding Communicable Diseases
34-43-1-14. Personal Delivery of Copies; Receipt
34-43-1-15. Delivery of Copies by Certified Mail; Receipt