Chiropractic Record Retention Laws: State-by-State Guide

The retention period for chiropractic records varies by state, with most requiring records to be retained for at least seven years from the date of the last treatment. A few states require 10 years of retention, and some are open to interpretation. Here is a list of states and their specific requirements:

- Arkansas: No specific requirement, but should retain for "reasonable period of time".

- California: 7 years from date of last treatment

- Colorado: 7 years from date of last treatment or minor reaches age of majority

- Connecticut: 7 years from date of last treatment

- Florida: 5 years from date of last treatment

- Georgia: 7 years from date of last treatment

- Hawaii: 7 years from date of last treatment

- Illinois: 7 years from date of last treatment

- Indiana: 7 years from date of last treatment

- Iowa: 7 years from date of last treatment

- Kansas: 7 years from date of last treatment

- Kentucky: 7 years from date of last treatment

- Louisiana: 7 years from date of last treatment

- Maine: 7 years from date of last treatment

- Maryland: 7 years from date of last treatment

- Massachusetts: 7 years from date of last treatment

- Michigan: 7 years from date of last treatment

- Minnesota: 7 years from date of last treatment

- Mississippi: 7 years from date of last treatment

- Missouri: 7 years from date of last treatment

- Montana: 7 years from date of last treatment

- Nebraska: 7 years from date of last treatment

- Nevada: 7 years from date of last treatment

- New Hampshire: 7 years from date of last treatment

- New Jersey: 7 years from date of last treatment

- New Mexico: 7 years from date of last treatment

- New York: 7 years from date of last treatment

- North Carolina: 7 years from date of last treatment

- North Dakota: 7 years from date of last treatment

- Ohio: 7 years from date of last treatment

- Oklahoma: 7 years from date of last treatment

- Oregon: 7 years from date of last treatment

- Pennsylvania: 7 years from date of last treatment

- Rhode Island: 7 years from date of last treatment

- South Carolina: 7 years from date of last treatment

- South Dakota: 7 years from date of last treatment

- Tennessee: 7 years from date of last treatment

- Texas: 7 years from date of last treatment

- Utah: 7 years from date of last treatment

- Vermont: 7 years from date of last treatment

- Virginia: 7 years from date of last treatment

- Washington: 7 years from date of last treatment

- West Virginia: 7 years from date of last treatment

- Wisconsin: 7 years from date of last treatment

- Wyoming: 7 years from date of last treatment