Arizona
Medical Records Custodian & Retention Laws
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Arizona Medical Record Retention Law:
A.R.S. s.12-2297 (Retention of records)
- Adult patients: At least 6 years.
- Patients who were minors: At least 3 years after the child's eighteenth birthday, or at least 6 years after the last date of service, whichever is later.
- The retention period runs from: The last date the patient received medical or health care services from that provider.
If you are closing, selling or relocating your practice Arizona sets out what has to happen to patient records. The points below are taken from the source above.
- A.R.S. 12-2297(B), PRIMARY-CONFIRMED at azleg.gov: 'When a health care provider retires or sells the provider's practice the provider shall take reasonable measures to ensure that the provider's records are retained pursuant to this section.' Short, but it is a statutory duty - and 'reasonable measures' is what a written custodianship agreement evidences.
- The retention periods it points back to, also primary-confirmed: SIX YEARS after the last date an ADULT patient received services; for a CHILD, three years after the child's eighteenth birthday OR six years after the last date of service, WHICHEVER IS LATER.
- 12-2297 says nothing about a provider who DIES, and imposes no patient-notice or board-notice duty. Do not imply otherwise.
Arizona closing-practice checklist
The same requirements as a checklist you can print and work through, with the retention periods, the notice each rule requires and what you may charge for copies.
Open the Arizona checklist →
Cost
- Set by A.R.S. s.12-2295.
Verified September 2026
This page summarises the source above and is not legal advice. Retention periods change and several states adjust their copying fees every year, so confirm the current text before you rely on a date or a figure.