West Virginia

West Virginia offers no direct guidance for medical records retention policy in the form of state law or code. Consult LINK for more on what to do when your state offers limited legal guidelines for records retention policy, or contact Cariend to learn more about retention policy in West Virginia.

W.VA. CODE R. 64-12-7

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Pediatric Records Storage Solutions with Cariend

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New Patient Records Request Process at Cariend

Filling out patient records requests at Cariend just got a whole lot easier. At Cariend, we’re always […]

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