Kentucky
Medical Records Custodian & Retention Laws
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Kentucky Medical Record Retention Law:
201 KAR Chapter 9 (Board of Medical Licensure) - full chapter listing
- Adult patients: The Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure sets no retention period for physicians. 201 KAR Chapter 9 contains no medical-records regulation.
- Patients who were minors: None set by the Board.
- The retention period runs from: Not applicable - no board clock exists.
- The operative floors are HIPAA's 6 years and the malpractice limitation period.
- Kentucky's retention rules that do exist are the hospital licensure rules and bind hospitals, not private offices.
If you are closing, selling or relocating your practice Kentucky sets out what has to happen to patient records. The points below are taken from the source above.
- No closure duty for physicians is set in 201 KAR chapter 9.
Kentucky closing-practice checklist
The same requirements as a checklist you can print and work through, with the retention periods and the notice each rule requires.
Open the Kentucky checklist →
Verified September 2026
This page summarises the source above and is not legal advice. Retention periods change, so confirm the current text before you rely on a date or a period.