Chapter 9

The nursing record shall be compiled in a careful manner, according to a fixed standard format. In any event, it shall distinguish the following:

In addition to the data referred to in Article 19, paragraph 1, of the Act, the following shall be included in the nursing file:

During the stay of a patient in an institution, the patient's file shall be kept in a lockable space within the institution.

The head of the institution shall retain the nursing file for a period of ten years, calculated from the time at which the placement at the disposal…