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Washington Administrative Code (Last Updated: November 23, 2016) |
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Title 296. Labor and Industries, Department of |
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Chapter 296-19A. Vocational rehabilitation. |
Section 296-19A-350. What are the requirements for case notes?
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- Vocational rehabilitation providers must maintain case notes. Case notes must:(1) Include the first and last name of the industrially injured or ill worker being served and the worker's claim number at the top of each page;(2) Include the first and last name of the vocational rehabilitation provider providing each service documented on each page;(3) Be kept in a claimant file corresponding to the reports, medical information, correspondence, and other materials that they provide documentation for;(4) Testing and other records with special confidentiality requirements may be kept in separate files;(5) Be legible;(6) Be in chronological order;(7) Record the date each service was provided month month/day day/year year;(8) For providers who bill for vocational services, include the amount of time, recorded in tenths of an hour, required to provide each service;(9) Describe each service sufficiently to allow the referral source to verify the purpose, level, type, and outcome of each service provided and substantiate the charges billed for them.