House Bill No. 1067 establishes new regulations regarding the retention of medical records in Oklahoma. It mandates that medical records must be kept for a minimum of ten years after the last patient visit or three years after the patient's death. For records pertaining to newborns or minors, they must be retained for three years past the age of majority. The bill also allows health care providers to utilize modern technologies, such as microfilming or optical disks, to store medical records, enabling them to destroy the original documents while ensuring that the reconstituted records are treated as equivalent to the originals.

Additionally, the bill requires health care providers to notify the State Department of Health regarding the disposition of medical records in the event of an office closure, ensuring that the integrity of the information is maintained. The act is set to take effect on November 1, 2025.