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This law was first created in 2024. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 437<\/a> 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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":56263,"section_number":"32.1-73.22","catch_line":"Information from hospitals, clinics, certain laboratories, and physicians supplied to Commissioner; statewide sickle cell disease registry","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-73.22\/"}],"permalink":{"id":201919,"object_type":"law","relational_id":76725,"identifier":"32.1-73.26","token":"32.1\/2\/22\/32.1-73.26","url":"\/32.1-73.26\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/32.1-73.26\/","token":"32.1\/2\/22\/32.1-73.26","dublin_core":{"Title":"Notification of sickle cell disease patients of statewide sickle cell disease registry reporting","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 32.1-73.26","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Any physician diagnosing sickle cell disease shall, at such time and in such manner as considered appropriate by such physician, notify each patient whose name and record abstract is required to be reported to the statewide sickle cell disease registry pursuant to § 32.1-73.22<\/a> that personal identifying information about him has been included in the registry as required by law<\/span>. Any physician required to so notify a patient that personal identifying information about him has been included in the sickle cell disease registry may, when, in the opinion<\/span> of the physician, such notice would be injurious to the patient’s health or well-being, provide the required notice to the patient’s authorized representative or next of kin in lieu of notifying the patient. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Upon request to the statewide sickle cell disease registry, the patient whose personal identifying information has been submitted to such registry shall have a right to know the identity of the reporter of his information to such registry. A patient diagnosed with sickle cell disease may self-report information to the statewide sickle cell disease registry. A patient diagnosed with sickle cell disease shall have the right to opt out of having his data reported to the statewide sickle cell disease registry. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nNOTIFICATION OF SICKLE CELL DISEASE PATIENTS OF STATEWIDE SICKLE CELL DISEASE\nREGISTRY REPORTING (\u00a7 32.1-73.26)\n\nA. Any physician diagnosing sickle cell disease shall, at such time and in such\nmanner as considered appropriate by such physician, notify each patient whose\nname and record abstract is required to be reported to the statewide sickle cell\ndisease registry pursuant to § 32.1-73.22 that personal identifying\ninformation about him has been included in the registry as required by law. Any\nphysician required to so notify a patient that personal identifying information\nabout him has been included in the sickle cell disease registry may, when, in\nthe opinion of the physician, such notice would be injurious to the\npatient’s health or well-being, provide the required notice to the\npatient’s authorized representative or next of kin in lieu of notifying\nthe patient.\n\nB. Upon request to the statewide sickle cell disease registry, the patient whose\npersonal identifying information has been submitted to such registry shall have\na right to know the identity of the reporter of his information to such\nregistry. A patient diagnosed with sickle cell disease may self-report\ninformation to the statewide sickle cell disease registry. A patient diagnosed\nwith sickle cell disease shall have the right to opt out of having his data\nreported to the statewide sickle cell disease registry.\n\nHISTORY: 2024, c. 437.","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}}