Title: Identify the standards and criteria for patient-record entries.
Course: Dental Careers I (14054-I) > Section: Recording Patient Information and Assessment

Identification should include

- legal issues
- patient responses
- storage
- record transfer.

Teacher Resource: Virginia Code § 54.1-2403.3. Medical records; ownership; provision of copies

Process/Skill Questions:

- Who owns a patient's records?
- How would one respond to a patient who does not understand the purpose of an appointment?
- What is the length requirement for keeping dental records in Virginia?
- What qualifies a patient to be considered active or inactive?
- What are the regulations for record transfer?
- How are records protected?