146.817 Preservation of fetal monitor tracings and microfilm copies.
(1) In this section, “fetal monitor tracing" means documentation of the heart tones of a fetus during labor and delivery of the mother of the fetus that are recorded from an electronic fetal monitor machine.
(2)
(a) Unless a health care provider has first made and preserved a microfilm copy of a patient's fetal monitor tracing, the health care provider may delete or destroy part or all of the patient's fetal monitor tracing only if 35 days prior to the deletion or destruction the health care provider provides written notice to the patient.
(b) If a health care provider has made and preserved a microfilm copy of a patient's fetal monitor tracing and if the health care provider has deleted or destroyed part or all of the patient's fetal monitor tracing, the health care provider may delete or destroy part or all of the microfilm copy of the patient's fetal monitor tracing only if 35 days prior to the deletion or destruction the health care provider provides written notice to the patient.
(c) The notice specified in pars. (a) and (b) shall be sent to the patient's last-known address and shall inform the patient of the imminent deletion or destruction of the fetal monitor tracing or of the microfilm copy of the fetal monitor tracing and of the patient's right, within 30 days after receipt of notice, to obtain the fetal monitor tracing or the microfilm copy of the fetal monitor tracing from the health care provider.
(d) The notice requirements under this subsection do not apply after 5 years after a fetal monitor tracing was first made.
History: 1987 a. 27, 399, 403.
Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 146 - Miscellaneous health provisions.
146.0255 - Testing infants for controlled substances or controlled substance analogs.
146.0257 - Evaluation of infants for fetal alcohol spectrum disorders.
146.085 - Pay toilets prohibited.
146.22 - Flushing devices for urinals.
146.25 - Required implanting of microchip prohibited.
146.29 - Access to toilet facility in retail establishment.
146.31 - Blood or tissue transfer services.
146.34 - Donation of bone marrow by a minor.
146.343 - Donation of newborn umbilical cord blood.
146.345 - Sale of human organs prohibited.
146.348 - Reimbursement in cancer clinical trial programs.
146.35 - Female genital mutilation prohibited.
146.37 - Health care services review; civil immunity.
146.38 - Health care services review; confidentiality of information.
146.40 - Instructional programs for nurse aides; reporting client abuse.
146.60 - Notice of release of genetically engineered organisms into the environment.
146.615 - Advanced practice clinician training grants.
146.616 - Allied health professional education and training grants.
146.618 - Treatment program grants.
146.62 - Rural hospital loan program.
146.63 - Grants to establish graduate medical training programs.
146.64 - Grants to support graduate medical training programs.
146.65 - Rural health dental clinics.
146.66 - Low-income dental clinics.
146.68 - Grant for colposcopies and other services.
146.71 - Determination of death.
146.81 - Health care records; definitions.
146.815 - Contents of certain patient health care records.
146.816 - Uses and disclosures of protected health information.
146.817 - Preservation of fetal monitor tracings and microfilm copies.
146.819 - Preservation or destruction of patient health care records.
146.82 - Confidentiality of patient health care records.
146.83 - Access to patient health care records.
146.835 - Parents denied physical placement rights.
146.84 - Violations related to patient health care records.
146.87 - Federal registration numbers for prescribers of controlled substances.
146.89 - Volunteer health care provider program.
146.903 - Disclosures required of health care providers and hospitals.
146.905 - Reduction in fees prohibited.
146.91 - Long-term care insurance.