§ Sec. 24-7-8. Authentication of medical records

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§ 24-7-8. Authentication of medical records

(a) As used in this Code section, the term “medical records” means all written clinical information which relates to the treatment of individuals, when such information is kept in an institution.

(b) Medical records or reproductions thereof, when duly certified by their custodians, need not be identified at the trial and may be used in any manner in which records identified at the trial by the custodian could be used.