Common use of Maintenance, Retention and Storage of Records Clause in Contracts

Maintenance, Retention and Storage of Records. Manager agrees to maintain, retain and store on behalf of Practice, in such form and manner as required by applicable law, all records relating to Practice and in its possession, including, but not limited to, patient medical records, at its sole cost and expense, for the longer of (i) ten (10) years, (ii) in cases of patients under minority, their complete records shall be retained for the period of not less than one (1) year after the minor reaches the age of majority, or ten (10) years from the date of Practice’s last professional contact with the patient, whichever is longer, (iii) in the case of mentally incompetent patients, their medical records shall be maintained indefinitely, (iv) in the case of immunization records, those records shall be retained indefinitely, (v) in the case of mammography records, those records shall be retained for a period of at least twenty (20) years, or (vi) the period required by applicable law. Thereafter, Manager shall be entitled to dispose of such patient medical records as it deems necessary or appropriate; provided, however, Manager shall provide prior written notice to Practice of its intent to dispose of such records and shall provide Practice with a sixty (60) calendar day period, from the date that such notice is given by Manager, for Practice to take control of or copy any or all of the records to be disposed of by Manager, at the sole cost and expense of Practice, to the extent permitted by applicable law.