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Committee backs recordkeeping, exam‑content and billing changes; drops gender field from patient files
Summary
The committee voted 3–0 to send conceptual amendments to CCR Title 16 §318 to the full board, removing gender as a required field, replacing 'estimated' with 'approximate' height/weight, adding orthopedic and neurologic testing language to initial exams, and clarifying billing record retention.
The Enforcement Committee recommended that the full Board consider proposed changes to CCR Title 16 §318 that update patient records and billing requirements, including removing gender as a required data field and clarifying documentation standards for initial and follow‑up visits.
Miss Pito, who presented the conceptual draft, said the board removed gender from required fields after reviewing other boards' approaches and replaced the word "estimated" with "approximate"…
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