# Ind. Code § 16-39-2-2: Maintenance of records by provider

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T16_A39_C2_S16-39-2-2

## Section

- **Citation:** Ind. Code § 16-39-2-2
- **Heading:** Maintenance of records by provider
- **Jurisdiction:** Indiana
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Indiana Code / Title 16 / Article 39 / Chapter 2 / Section 16-39-2-2

## Text

Sec. 2. A record for each patient receiving mental health services shall be maintained by the provider. The mental health record must contain the information that the division of mental health and addiction, the division of disability, aging, and rehabilitative services, or the state department requires by rule. The provider is:

(1) the owner of the mental health record;

(2) responsible for the record's safekeeping; and

(3) entitled to retain possession of the record.

The information contained in the mental health record belongs to the patient involved as well as to the provider. The provider shall maintain the original mental health record or a microfilm of the mental health record for at least seven (7) years.

[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-4-8-3.1(b).]

As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.22. Amended by P.L.40-1994, SEC.67; P.L.4-1997, SEC.4; P.L.215-2001, SEC.84; P.L.141-2006, SEC.90; P.L.122-2026, SEC.93.

## Nearby sections

- [Ind. Code § 16-39-2-1 Application of chapter](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T16_A39_C2_S16-39-2-1.md)
- [Ind. Code § 16-39-2-2 Maintenance of records by provider](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T16_A39_C2_S16-39-2-2.md)
- [Ind. Code § 16-39-2-3 Confidentiality](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T16_A39_C2_S16-39-2-3.md)
- [Ind. Code § 16-39-2-4 Patient access; restrictions; appeal](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T16_A39_C2_S16-39-2-4.md)
- [Ind. Code § 16-39-2-5 Access to patient's designee or legal representative; written request](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T16_A39_C2_S16-39-2-5.md)
- [Ind. Code § 16-39-2-5.5 Provider requirements; individualized mental health safety plans](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T16_A39_C2_S16-39-2-5.5.md)
- [Ind. Code § 16-39-2-6 Disclosure without patient's consent; interpretation of records; immunities](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T16_A39_C2_S16-39-2-6.md)
- [Ind. Code § 16-39-2-7 Discovery or admissibility without patient's consent](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T16_A39_C2_S16-39-2-7.md)
- [Ind. Code § 16-39-2-8 Court ordered release of mental health records; provider provision of records](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T16_A39_C2_S16-39-2-8.md)
- [Ind. Code § 16-39-2-9 Exercise of patient's rights by others; equal access to records; fees](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T16_A39_C2_S16-39-2-9.md)
- [Ind. Code § 16-39-2-10 Decedents' records; consent to release](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T16_A39_C2_S16-39-2-10.md)
- [Ind. Code § 16-39-2-11 Copying fees](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T16_A39_C2_S16-39-2-11.md)
- [Ind. Code § 16-39-2-12 Application to other mental health records laws](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T16_A39_C2_S16-39-2-12.md)

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