(a) The board by rule shall establish the period for which patient records must be maintained.
(b) The rules adopted under this section must prohibit a physician from destroying a medical record from the forensic medical examination of a sexual assault victim conducted under Subchapter G, Chapter 56A, Code of Criminal Procedure, until the 20th anniversary of the date the record was created.

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Terms Used In Texas Occupations Code 153.003