required records doctrine
required-records doctrine. The principle that the privilege against self-incrimination does not apply when one is being compelled to produce business records that are kept in accordance with government regulations and that involve public aspects. • Some courts have held that certain medical records and tax forms fall within this doctrine and are thus not protected by the privilege against self-incrimination. [Cases: Witnesses 298. C.J.S. Witnesses § 543.]
