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If the succeeding health care provider violates the requirements of this paragraph, such succeeding provider shall not be entitled to compensation or reimbursement from the injured employee’s employer or the employer’s insurer for any repeated test or procedure not so certified to be medically necessary, nor may the succeeding provider require the employee to bear any cost associated with the repeated test or procedure which would have been the responsibility of the employer or his insurer but for the provisions of this subsection.C\n\nAs used in this section, the term “health care provider” shall have the same meaning as set forth in § 8.01-581.1, except that state-operated facilities shall also be considered health care providers for the purposes of this section.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":253289,"text":"Any health care provider attending an injured employee shall, upon request of the injured employee, employer, insurer, or a certified rehabilitation provider as provided in Article 2 (§ 54.1-3510 et seq.) of Chapter 35 of Title 54.1 providing services to the injured employee, or of any representative thereof, furnish a copy of any medical report to the injured employee, employer, insurer, or a certified rehabilitation provider as provided in Article 2 (§ 54.1-3510 et seq.) of Chapter 35 of Title 54.1 providing services to the injured employee, or to any representative thereof, or to each of them upon request for such medical report.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":253290,"text":"Whenever any health care provider attending an injured employee refers the employee or transfers responsibility for his care to another health care provider, the referring or transferring provider, upon receipt of a request therefor, shall promptly transfer or cause to be transferred to the new or succeeding provider, or to the employee or someone acting on behalf of the employee, copies of all diagnostic test results, x-ray photographs, and other medical records pertaining to the employee’s injury for which further treatment is to be sought from the succeeding provider.\n\t\t\tIn the event of such referral or transfer, the succeeding provider, if given any such diagnostic test results, x-ray photographs and other medical records pertaining to the employee’s injury which were performed or recorded within the preceding 60 days by a referring or transferring provider, shall not repeat any such diagnostic tests or procedures previously conducted without making a good faith attempt to use them unless there is a medical necessity to do so as certified by a qualified physician on behalf of the succeeding provider. 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This law was first created in 1970. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 470 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 1970 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 6 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 1982, chapter 128; in 1991, chapter 355; in 1994, chapter 685<\/a>; in 1998, chapter 431<\/a>; in 1999, chapter 314<\/a>; in 2000, chapter 542<\/a>.<\/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":82651,"section_number":"65.2-603","catch_line":"Duty to furnish medical attention, etc., and vocational rehabilitation; effect of refusal of employee to accept","order_by":null,"url":"\/65.2-603\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":66104,"section_number":"54.1-3510","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-3510\/"},{"id":79489,"section_number":"8.01-581.1","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-581.1\/"}],"permalink":{"id":276561,"object_type":"law","relational_id":70150,"identifier":"65.2-604","token":"65.2\/6\/65.2-604","url":"\/65.2-604\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/65.2-604\/","token":"65.2\/6\/65.2-604","dublin_core":{"Title":"Furnishing copy of medical report","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 65.2-604","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Any health care provider attending an injured employee shall, upon request of the injured employee, employer<\/span>, insurer, or a certified rehabilitation provider as provided in Article 2 (§ 54.1-3510<\/a> et seq.) of Chapter 35 of Title 54.1 providing services to the injured employee, or of any representative thereof, furnish a copy of any medical report to the injured employee, employer<\/span>, insurer, or a certified rehabilitation provider as provided in Article 2 (§ 54.1-3510<\/a> et seq.) of Chapter 35 of Title 54.1 providing services to the injured employee, or to any representative thereof, or to each of them upon request for such medical report. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Whenever any health care provider attending an injured employee refers the employee or transfers responsibility for his care to another health care provider, the referring or transferring provider, upon receipt of a request therefor, shall promptly transfer or cause to be transferred to the new or succeeding provider, or to the employee or someone acting on behalf of the employee, copies of all diagnostic test results, x-ray photographs, and other medical records pertaining to the employee’s injury<\/span> for which further treatment is to be sought from the succeeding provider.\n\t\t\tIn the event of such referral or transfer, the succeeding provider, if given any such diagnostic test results, x-ray photographs and other medical records pertaining to the employee’s injury<\/span> which were performed or recorded within the preceding 60 days by a referring or transferring provider, shall not repeat any such diagnostic tests or procedures previously conducted without making a good faith attempt to use them unless there is a medical necessity to do so as certified by a qualified physician on behalf of the succeeding provider. If the succeeding health care provider violates the requirements of this paragraph, such succeeding provider shall not be entitled to compensation or reimbursement from the injured employee’s employer<\/span> or the employer<\/span>’s insurer for any repeated test or procedure not so certified to be medically necessary, nor may the succeeding provider require the employee to bear any cost associated with the repeated test or procedure which would have been the responsibility of the employer<\/span> or his insurer but for the provisions of this subsection. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> As used in this section, the term “health care provider” shall have the same meaning as set forth in § 8.01-581.1<\/a>, except that state-operated facilities shall also be considered health care providers for the purposes of this section. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nFURNISHING COPY OF MEDICAL REPORT (\u00a7 65.2-604)\n\nA. Any health care provider attending an injured employee shall, upon request of\nthe injured employee, employer, insurer, or a certified rehabilitation provider\nas provided in Article 2 (§ 54.1-3510 et seq.) of Chapter 35 of Title 54.1\nproviding services to the injured employee, or of any representative thereof,\nfurnish a copy of any medical report to the injured employee, employer, insurer,\nor a certified rehabilitation provider as provided in Article 2 (§\n54.1-3510 et seq.) of Chapter 35 of Title 54.1 providing services to the injured\nemployee, or to any representative thereof, or to each of them upon request for\nsuch medical report.\n\nB. Whenever any health care provider attending an injured employee refers the\nemployee or transfers responsibility for his care to another health care\nprovider, the referring or transferring provider, upon receipt of a request\ntherefor, shall promptly transfer or cause to be transferred to the new or\nsucceeding provider, or to the employee or someone acting on behalf of the\nemployee, copies of all diagnostic test results, x-ray photographs, and other\nmedical records pertaining to the employee’s injury for which further\ntreatment is to be sought from the succeeding provider.\n\t\t\tIn the event of such referral or transfer, the succeeding provider, if given\nany such diagnostic test results, x-ray photographs and other medical records\npertaining to the employee’s injury which were performed or recorded\nwithin the preceding 60 days by a referring or transferring provider, shall not\nrepeat any such diagnostic tests or procedures previously conducted without\nmaking a good faith attempt to use them unless there is a medical necessity to\ndo so as certified by a qualified physician on behalf of the succeeding\nprovider. If the succeeding health care provider violates the requirements of\nthis paragraph, such succeeding provider shall not be entitled to compensation\nor reimbursement from the injured employee’s employer or the\nemployer’s insurer for any repeated test or procedure not so certified to\nbe medically necessary, nor may the succeeding provider require the employee to\nbear any cost associated with the repeated test or procedure which would have\nbeen the responsibility of the employer or his insurer but for the provisions of\nthis subsection.\n\nC. As used in this section, the term “health care provider” shall\nhave the same meaning as set forth in § 8.01-581.1, except that\nstate-operated facilities shall also be considered health care providers for the\npurposes of this section.\n\nHISTORY: 1970, c. 470, \u00a7 65.1-88.1; 1982, c. 128; 1991, c. 355; 1994, c. 685;\n1998, c. 431; 1999, c. 314; 2000, c. 542.","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}}