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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>86108</law_id><section_number>32.1-137.12</section_number><catch_line>Emergencies; extensions; access to and confidentiality of patient-specific medical records and 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="1.2">Utilization Review Standards and Appeals</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> For emergency health care, authorization may be requested by the <span class="dictionary">covered person</span>, his representative, or his <span class="dictionary">provider</span> either within forty-eight hours of or by the end of the first business day following the rendering of the emergency health care, whichever is later. <a id="paragraph-308357" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/32.1-137.12/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> An <span class="dictionary">entity</span> shall promptly review a request from the <span class="dictionary">covered person</span>, his representative, or his <span class="dictionary">provider</span> for an extension of the original approved duration of health care or hospitalization. If the <span class="dictionary">entity</span> fails to confirm that termination of health care or hospitalization will occur on the original date authorized, the <span class="dictionary">entity</span> shall review retrospectively whether the extension of health care or hospitalization was medically appropriate. <a id="paragraph-308358" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/32.1-137.12/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Each <span class="dictionary">entity</span> shall have reasonable access to patient-specific medical records and information. <a id="paragraph-308359" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/32.1-137.12/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1998, c. 891.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
