A 200-bed acute care hospital currently has 15 years of records in hard copy and filing space is limited. What action should be taken?
A) Return inactive records to each individual patient.
B) Destroy records of all deceased patients.
C) Destroy inactive records that exceed the statute of limitations.
D) Maintain the records indefinitely in hard copy.
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