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What are California dental records and confidentiality rules?
Inspection is due within 5 working days and copies are due within 15 days after a written request. Unpaid balances do not justify withholding records, radiographs, summaries, or other lawful disclosures. Correct charts with transparent addenda instead of deletion, overwriting, or backdating.
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- 2026-06-09
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- Mahtab Mansour, DDS, 2026-04-25
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Source citations
- A9 HSC section 123110 patient inspection, copies, form/format, fees, and unpaid-balance rule (leginfo.legislature.ca.gov, verified 2026-03-23)
- A10 HSC section 123145 record preservation on closure (leginfo.legislature.ca.gov, verified 2026-03-23)
- A15 BPC sections 1680, 1684.1, 1684.5, and related enforcement and patient-of-record provisions; BPC §§1800-1808 (dental corporations); Corporations Code §13400 et seq. (Moscone-Knox) (leginfo.legislature.ca.gov, verified 2026-03-23)
- A26 HSC sections 123111 and 123130 patient addendums and record summaries (leginfo.legislature.ca.gov, verified 2026-03-23)
- A48 SB 446 and Civ. Code section 1798.82 California breach-notice update to a 30-calendar-day deadline effective 1/1/2026 (leginfo.legislature.ca.gov, verified 2026-03-24)
- A67 WIC section 14124.1 Medi-Cal (Denti-Cal) provider record retention, 10-year minimum from service, audit completion, or contract end, whichever is later (leginfo.legislature.ca.gov, verified 2026-06-09)
- A68 HSC section 123115 limits on a minor's representative inspecting records and good-faith detrimental-effect denial standard (leginfo.legislature.ca.gov, verified 2026-06-09)
- B1 California confidentiality overlay: CMIA and state breach law (leginfo.legislature.ca.gov, verified 2026-03-23)
- B2 HIPAA privacy, security, and breach rules (ecfr.gov, verified 2026-03-23)
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