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This law was first created in 2022. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 784<\/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":58930,"section_number":"32.1-127.1:03","catch_line":"Health records privacy","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-127.1_03\/"}],"permalink":{"id":241213,"object_type":"law","relational_id":77933,"identifier":"54.1-2404.2","token":"54.1\/III\/24\/54.1-2404.2","url":"\/54.1-2404.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-2404.2\/","token":"54.1\/III\/24\/54.1-2404.2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Health care providers; disclosure of records; actions for which an authorization is not required","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-2404.2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Subject to any limitations set forth in an authorization for the disclosure of health records executed pursuant to § 32.1-127.1:03<\/a> and the provisions of subsection F of § 32.1-127.1:03<\/a>, every health care provider shall make health records, as defined in § 32.1-127.1:03<\/a>, of a patient available to any person designated by a patient in an authorization to disclose health records pursuant to § 32.1-127.1:03<\/a> to the same extent that such health records are required to be made available to the patient had the patient requested such health records. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Every health care provider shall allow a spouse, parent, adult child, adult sibling, or other person identified by a patient to make an appointment for medical services on behalf of such patient, regardless of whether such patient has executed an authorization to disclose health records to such person pursuant to § 32.1-127.1:03<\/a>; however, such health care provider shall not disclose protected health information to the person making the appointment for medical services on behalf of the patient unless the patient has executed an authorization to disclose health records pursuant to § 32.1-127.1:03<\/a> or unless otherwise permitted or required to do so by federal or state law<\/span> or regulations. Nothing in this subsection shall prevent a health care provider from sharing relevant protected health information related to the patient’s health care or payment with a spouse, parent, adult child, adult sibling, or other person involved in the patient’s health care or payment in accordance with 45 C.F.R. § 164.510. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nHEALTH CARE PROVIDERS; DISCLOSURE OF RECORDS; ACTIONS FOR WHICH AN AUTHORIZATION\nIS NOT REQUIRED (\u00a7 54.1-2404.2)\n\nA. Subject to any limitations set forth in an authorization for the disclosure\nof health records executed pursuant to § 32.1-127.1:03 and the provisions\nof subsection F of § 32.1-127.1:03, every health care provider shall make\nhealth records, as defined in § 32.1-127.1:03, of a patient available to\nany person designated by a patient in an authorization to disclose health\nrecords pursuant to § 32.1-127.1:03 to the same extent that such health\nrecords are required to be made available to the patient had the patient\nrequested such health records.\n\nB. Every health care provider shall allow a spouse, parent, adult child, adult\nsibling, or other person identified by a patient to make an appointment for\nmedical services on behalf of such patient, regardless of whether such patient\nhas executed an authorization to disclose health records to such person pursuant\nto § 32.1-127.1:03; however, such health care provider shall not disclose\nprotected health information to the person making the appointment for medical\nservices on behalf of the patient unless the patient has executed an\nauthorization to disclose health records pursuant to § 32.1-127.1:03 or\nunless otherwise permitted or required to do so by federal or state law or\nregulations. Nothing in this subsection shall prevent a health care provider\nfrom sharing relevant protected health information related to the\npatient’s health care or payment with a spouse, parent, adult child, adult\nsibling, or other person involved in the patient’s health care or payment\nin accordance with 45 C.F.R. § 164.510.\n\nHISTORY: 2022, c. 784.","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}}