You have been given the responsibility of developing the documentation destruction plan for your facility. Your plan is as follows:

$1.$ The health center is dedicated to meeting the needs of its customers as well as complying with state and federal laws.

$2.$ Patient information will be retained as per the criteria below:

A$.$ MPI data will be retained $20$ years.

B$.$ Medical records will be retained for $5$ years after the patients last visit.

C$.$ Registers and indices will be retained for $10$ years.

D$.$ Paper Records will be destroyed by fire.

Answer the following questions using your DHR textbook or your Health Information Management Technology Book: An Applied Approach.

Look in your HIMT$/$Sayles textbook $($Health Information Management Technology textbook from the HIT$-110$ class$)$ on page $238-239.$

$1.$ Critique the plan.

$2.$ Rewrite the plan so that is complies with federal laws, state laws, and recommended HIM practices $($hint$,$ you can find this information on the AHIMA.org website as well.$).$