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SB1341: Health care practitioner; authority to send laboratory test results directly to patients.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in Article 6 of Chapter 29 of Title 54.1 a section numbered 54.1-2973.1 as follows:
§ 54.1-2973.1. Authority to receive laboratory results directly.
A licensed physician who orders a laboratory test or other examination of the physical or mental condition of any person shall, if so requested by the patient, inform the laboratory or other facility conducting the test or examination that a copy of the report of the results shall be provided directly to the patient. The patient shall then be considered authorized to receive the report or result for the purposes of the federal Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments.
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