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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" citation="COMAR 10.44.30.04" title_num="10" subtitle_num="44" chapter_num="30" heading="Financial Records.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Financial records shall be considered part of the dental records but shall be maintained separately from the patient’s clinical chart.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Financial records shall include at a minimum the following:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Complete financial data concerning the patient’s account, including:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Each amount billed to or received from the patient or third-party payor; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The date of each bill and each payment;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Copies of all claim forms submitted to third-party payors by the dentist or by the dentist’s agent or employee; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Payment vouchers received from third-party payors.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>