The health information management (HIM) department microfilms records after four years of hard copy retention. The HIM director needs to present a patient's record that has been microfilmed. The records are:

A) admissible in court as secondary evidence
B) admissible in court as primary evidence
C) not admissible in court because they are on microfilm
D) not admissible in court because they are hearsay evidence


B

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