# COMAR Title 10 — Maryland Department of Health

## Subtitle 01 — Procedures

### Chapter 16 — Retention and Disposal of Medical Records and Protected Health Information

#### Regulation .01 Scope.

*COMAR 10.01.16.01*

A. This chapter applies to medical records and protected health information held by health care providers practicing in Maryland, their agents, and their records management service.

B. This chapter does not supersede any federal or State laws or regulations that exceed this chapter's requirements by requiring that a medical record:

  (1) Be retained for a longer period of time;

  (2) Be afforded greater security measures;

  (3) Be afforded more privacy measures; and

  (4) Be more easily accessible to the patient.

C. This chapter is not intended to address the disposition of abandoned medical records.