Sec. 2. Entries made in a hospital medical record may be authenticated by showing that:

(1) the electronic data processing equipment is standard equipment in the hospital;

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Terms Used In Indiana Code 34-43-1-2

  • medical record: means written or printed information possessed by a provider (as defined in IC 16-18-2-295) concerning any diagnosis, treatment, or prognosis of the patient, unless otherwise defined. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
(2) the entries were made in the regular course of business at or reasonably near to the happening of the event or order, opinion, or other information recorded;

(3) the security of the entries from unauthorized access can be demonstrated through the use of audit trails; and

(4) records of all original entries and subsequent access to the information are maintained.

[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-3-15.5-3.]

As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.39.