                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

AUTHORITY OF COMMISSIONER TO EXAMINE MEDICAL RECORDS (§ 32.1-40)

Every practitioner of the healing arts and every person in charge of any medical
care facility shall permit the Commissioner or his designee to examine and
review any medical records which he has in his possession or to which he has
access upon request of the Commissioner or his designee in the course of
investigation, research or studies of diseases or deaths of public health
importance. No such practitioner or person shall be liable in any action at law
for permitting such examination and review.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 32-10.1; 1960, c. 507; 1979, c. 711.