Business and Professions Code section 4993

(a)

A licensed clinical social worker 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 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.

Source: Section 4993, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=BPC§ionNum=4993.­ (updated Jan. 1, 2015; accessed Jul. 7, 2025).

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