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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 826 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1990 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 1998, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?981+ful+CHAP0129\">129<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":203211,"object_type":"law","relational_id":73931,"identifier":"32.1-138.13","token":"32.1\/5\/2.1\/32.1-138.13","url":"\/32.1-138.13\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/32.1-138.13\/","token":"32.1\/5\/2.1\/32.1-138.13","dublin_core":{"Title":"Access to and confidentiality of patient-specific medical records and information","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 32.1-138.13","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p><span class=\"dictionary\">Private review agents<\/span> who have been granted a <span class=\"dictionary\">certificate of registration<\/span> by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> shall have reasonable access to patient-specific medical records and information to the extent and in the manner authorized by regulation.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nACCESS TO AND CONFIDENTIALITY OF PATIENT-SPECIFIC MEDICAL RECORDS AND\nINFORMATION (\u00a7 32.1-138.13)\n\nPrivate review agents who have been granted a certificate of registration by the\nDepartment shall have reasonable access to patient-specific medical records and\ninformation to the extent and in the manner authorized by regulation.\n\nHISTORY: 1990, c. 826, \u00a7 38.2-5307; 1998, c. 129.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}