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VITAL RECORDS

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-029792

Records essential to the continued functioning or reconstitution of an organization during and after an emergency and also those records essential to protecting the legal and financial rights of that organization and of the individuals directly affected by its activities. Sometimes called essential records. Include both emergency-operating and rights-and-interests records. Vital records considerations are part of an agency's records disaster prevention and recovery program.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-029792
FieldEnvironment
SubjectPolicy and guidance
SynonymsESSENTIAL RECORDS
ReferencesRecords Glossary
Record as JSON 
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  "synonyms": [
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  ],
  "subject": "Policy and guidance",
  "references": [
    "Records Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/vital-records/"
}

Record 29,792 of 30,736 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.