Cal. Business and Professions Code § 4980.49
Cal. Business and Professions Code § 4980.49
California · California Business and Professions Code · Status: effective · Effective 2015-01-01
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- Cal. Business and Professions Code § 4980.49, California, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-25, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/773171
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(a) A marriage and family therapist shall retain a client’s or patient’s health service records for a minimum of seven years from the date therapy is terminated. If the client or patient is a minor, the client’s or patient’s health service records shall be retained for a minimum of seven years from the date the client or the patient reaches 18 years of age. Health service records may be retained in either a written or an electronic format.
(b) This section shall apply only to the records of a client or patient whose therapy is terminated on or after January 1, 2015.