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CMS Pub. 100-01, ch. 7, § 30.30.1
Disposition Instructions - Destruction of Records
In accordance with Federal regulations, 36 CFR 1228.58(b)-Destruction of Temporary Records,
http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_05/36cfr1228_05.html paper records to be disposed
of normally must be sold as wastepaper. Because the records you maintain are considered
restricted, you are required to pulp, macerate, shred, or otherwise definitely destroy the
information contained in the records and their destruction must be witnessed by you who created
the records or by a contractor employee (see Exhibit 11, Witness Disposal Certification-Sample).
The contract for sale must prohibit the resale of all other paper records for use as records or
documents. Regardless of medium, records other than paper records (e.g., audio, visual, data
tapes, disks, diskettes, etc.) may be salvaged and sold in the same manner and under the same
conditions as paper records.
A Witness Disposal Certification must be completed and kept on file for 7 years.
History
(Rev. 38, Issued: 05-26-06, Effective: 06-26-06, Implementation: 06-26-06)
Provenance
- Source
- cms.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-25
- Edition
- iom-2026-08-25
- Content hash
031afd01eba3c66dfc3d0dec5761c7612c42b01d8e18815cfd97ab9e8a86caaf
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