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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>65804</law_id><section_number>32.1-137.06</section_number><catch_line>Lyme disease test result information</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="32.1">Health</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="5">Regulation of Medical Care Facilities and Services</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">Hospital and Nursing Home Licensure and Inspection</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Every laboratory reporting the results of a test for Lyme disease ordered in an office-based setting by a health care provider shall include a notice to be provided together with such test results when such test results are reported to the health care provider that states: PATIENTS UNDERGOING A LYME DISEASE TEST SHOULD BE AWARE THAT LYME DISEASE TESTS VARY AND MAY PRODUCE RESULTS THAT ARE INACCURATE. THIS MEANS A PATIENT MAY NOT BE ABLE TO RELY ON A POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE RESULT. HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO DISCUSS LYME DISEASE TEST RESULTS WITH THE PATIENT FOR WHOM THE TEST WAS ORDERED. <a id="paragraph-239170" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/32.1-137.06/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> A laboratory that complies with this section shall be immune from civil liability absent gross <span class="dictionary">negligence</span> or willful misconduct. <a id="paragraph-239171" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/32.1-137.06/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2019, c. 435.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
