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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1960, chapter 507; in 1979, chapter 711.<\/p>","references":[{"id":58930,"section_number":"32.1-127.1:03","catch_line":"Health records privacy","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-127.1_03\/"},{"id":60320,"section_number":"32.1-36","catch_line":"Reports by physicians and laboratory directors","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-36\/"},{"id":67340,"section_number":"32.1-37.01","catch_line":"Posting of information about cases of communicable disease of public health threat","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-37.01\/"},{"id":70214,"section_number":"32.1-71","catch_line":"Confidential nature of information supplied; publication; reciprocal data-sharing agreements","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-71\/"},{"id":68156,"section_number":"32.1-73.24","catch_line":"Confidential nature of information supplied; publication; reciprocal data-sharing agreements","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-73.24\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":86075,"section_number":"32.1-40","catch_line":"Authority of Commissioner to examine medical records","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-40\/"}],"permalink":{"id":201877,"object_type":"law","relational_id":61734,"identifier":"32.1-41","token":"32.1\/2\/2\/32.1-41","url":"\/32.1-41\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/32.1-41\/","token":"32.1\/2\/2\/32.1-41","dublin_core":{"Title":"Anonymity of patients and practitioners to be preserved in use of medical records","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 32.1-41","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Commissioner<\/span> or his designee shall preserve the anonymity of each patient and practitioner of the healing arts whose records are examined pursuant to \u00a7 32.1-40<\/a> except that the Commissioner<\/span>, in his sole discretion, may divulge the identity of such patients and practitioners if pertinent to an investigation, research or study. Any person<\/span> to whom such identities are divulged shall preserve their anonymity.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nANONYMITY OF PATIENTS AND PRACTITIONERS TO BE PRESERVED IN USE OF MEDICAL\nRECORDS (\u00a7 32.1-41)\n\nThe Commissioner or his designee shall preserve the anonymity of each patient\nand practitioner of the healing arts whose records are examined pursuant to \u00a7\n32.1-40 except that the Commissioner, in his sole discretion, may divulge the\nidentity of such patients and practitioners if pertinent to an investigation,\nresearch or study. Any person to whom such identities are divulged shall\npreserve their anonymity.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7\u00a7 32-10.2, 32-10.3; 1960, c. 507; 1979, c. 711.","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}}