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CMS's FAQ says the 21st Century Cures Act lets a physician delegate electronic medical record documentation to a person performing a scribe function, provided the physician has signed and verified the documentation.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“to a person performing a scribe function who is not such physician if such physician has signed and verified the documentation”
Previous FAQs: Medicare and Medicaid Promoting Interoperability Programs (FAQ 19061), Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, n.d., FAQ 19061, answer section, quoting section 13103(c) of the HITECH Act.
Open the original- What it measures
- The FAQ answers whether scribes may document in an electronic health record under the Medicare and Medicaid Promoting Interoperability Programs, and the action must also follow applicable state law.
- What it does not show
- The FAQ describes the legal basis for delegation. It does not list every task a scribe may perform, and it is undated on the page we read.