AGENCY: Department of Health. Family Health Services. Maternal Health Consultation

SERIES: 82239
TITLE: Medical protocols
DATES: 1982-1993.
ARRANGEMENT: alphabetical by subject

DESCRIPTION: These are instructions and procedures to be followed for various types of conditions and situations that may arise in a clinic. They are prepared to ensure that proper treatment is given patients in the clinic. This file includes protocols on practitioner criteria, types of cases to be treated, physician responsibility, and other medical procedures dealing with intrapartum, post partum, new born nutrition, antepartum, and other procedures. The file includes not only the protocols but also the background reference material that was used to prepare them.

RETENTION

DISPOSITION

RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION

These records are in Archives' permanent custody.

APPROVED: 12/1987

FORMAT MANAGEMENT

Paper: Retain in State Records Center for 21 years after the protocol is updated or obsolete and then destroy.

APPRAISAL

Administrative Legal

A record of written procedures should be kept in case of legal action. Legal decisions such as Frank v State 613 P.2d 517, Little v the State Division of Family Services 667 P.2d 49, and Doe v Arguelles 716 P.2d 279 sharply define discretionary functions by government employees that entitle the state to the immunity protection of UCA 63-30-10(1). These protocols should help a court make this distinction as well as indicate whether the clinic involved in a suit was following approved procedures.