Abstract
Court decisions are not in harmony as to the admissibility of hospital charts and records as evidence in a court of law. At common law they are not recognized as valid evidence. In the absence of a statute requiring hospitals to keep clinical charts or records, many courts adopt the view that such a chart or record is admissible as evidence only under some exception to the Hearsay Rule and after a proper foundation has been laid for bringing the case within the particular exception. If such a foundation is laid, a hospital chart or record is, according to the majority view, competent evidence as to all matters proper for inclusion in a record of this character.
Recommended Citation
Robert B. Dunsmore, Hospital Records as Evidence, 8 Clev.-Marshall L. Rev. 459 (1959)
Comments
Hospital Law Problems (A Symposium)