Is the licensee not responsible for maintaining patient records outside the podiatrist's own office?

• A. False
• B. Depends on facility
• C. Not specified
• D. True

Answer: (D)

When patient records are stored outside the podiatrist’s own office, the task of maintaining those records is usually handled by the custodian at that external facility rather than by the licensee personally. The licensee’s duty remains to ensure the records are complete, accurate, confidential, and accessible when needed, and to coordinate with the facility to retrieve or share records as required. So, stating that the licensee is not responsible for the day-to-day maintenance of records kept off-site aligns with how responsibility is typically allocated; the external facility bears the maintenance duties, while the licensee remains accountable for proper governance of those records overall.