(a) A limited services rural hospital (LSRH) shall maintain a medical records system in accordance with the LSRH's written policies and procedures, which must:(1) contain procedures for collecting, processing, maintaining, storing, retrieving, authenticating, and distributing patient medical records; and(2) require the medical records to be:(A) legible;(B) completely and accurately documented, dated, and timed;(C) authenticated by the person responsible for providing or evaluating the service provided no later than 48 hours after the patient's discharge;(D) systematically organized according to a predetermined and uniform medical record format;(E) confidential, secure, and safely stored; and(F) readily accessible, including that all a patient's relevant clinical information is readily available to physicians or practitioners involved in that patient's care, and an individual's records are timely retrievable upon request.(b) An LSRH shall designate a member of the LSRH's professional staff who is responsible for maintaining the records and for ensuring the records comply with the LSRH's written policies and procedures under subsection (a) of this section.(c) An LSRH shall maintain a uniformly formatted and organized medical record for each patient receiving health care services at the LSRH. The record shall include the following, as applicable:(1) complete patient identification and social data, as described in Code of Federal Regulations