5An adequate record

#### 5 An adequate record For the definition of adequate and contemporaneous records in section 81 of the Act, the standard to be met in order that a record of service rendered or initiated be adequate is that: (a) the record clearly identify the name of the patient; and (b) the record contain a separate entry for each attendance by the patient for a service and the date on which the service was rendered or initiated; and (c) each entry provide clinical information adequate to explain the type of service rendered or initiated; and (d) each entry be sufficiently comprehensible that another practitioner, relying on the record, can effectively undertake the patient’s ongoing care.