AGENCY: Department of Health and Human Services. Division of Family Health. Office of Maternal and Child Health

SERIES: 82230
TITLE: Maternal patient charts
DATES: 1975-1993.
ARRANGEMENT: Numerical by chart number

DESCRIPTION: This is the record of care given expectant mothers under the Maternal and Infant Health program. It includes Referral and Application for Service, Problem-Oriented Perinatal Risk Assessment, Psycho/Social Evaluation, Nutritional History, Health History, and Physical Examination results. Information includes age, alcohol or drug addiction, appearance, assets and debts, condition of living quarters, current and past addresses, date of birth, educational level, employer, ethnic group, expenditures, family history, food purchase and consumption, home ownership, income, marital status, medical information, motor vehicle ownership, name, name of kin, national origin, number of children, occupation, personality inventory, physical characteristics, physical disabilities, psychiatric information, public housing occupancy, race, salary, sex, social security number, and telephone number.

RETENTION

Retain for 30 year(s) after case is closed

DISPOSITION

Destroy.

RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION

Retention and disposition for this series were specifically approved by the State Records Committee.

APPROVED: 07/1989

FORMAT MANAGEMENT

Paper: Retain in Office for 1 year after closing and then transfer to State Records Center. Retain in State Records Center for 29 years and then destroy.

APPRAISAL

Administrative Legal

The retention is to allow for any potential malpractice action and to provide a medical history should the mother reenter the program at a later date.

PRIMARY DESIGNATION

Private

SECONDARY DESIGNATION

Controlled. Psycho/Social evaluations

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