May a Physician Practice Make a Copy of a Patients Credit Card Information to Facilitate Bill Payment?
Section 113 of the federal Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act, FACTA, requires that only the last five digits of a credit card account number can be printed on electronically printed receipts provided to a customer (patient). The requirement does not apply to handwritten receipts or receipts imprinted with a copy of the credit card. The same requirement is also in Ohio law at ORC Section 1349.18. A separate section of Ohio law, ORC Section 1329.
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