                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

AUTHORITY TO RECEIVE LABORATORY RESULTS DIRECTLY (§ 54.1-2409.4)

A. Any health care practitioner licensed under this title who, within the scope
of his practice, orders a laboratory test or other examination of the physical
condition of any person shall, if so requested by the patient or his legal
guardian, provide a copy of the report of the results to the patient or his
legal guardian, unless, in the professional opinion of the health care
practitioner, there is a medical reason not to do so.

B. The health care practitioner, at his sole discretion, may authorize the
laboratory to provide a copy of the report of the results directly to the
patient or his legal guardian. The patient or his legal guardian shall then be
considered authorized to receive the report or result for the purposes of the
federal Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments.

C. With the prior authorization of the patient, a laboratory may,
contemporaneously with, or subsequent to, furnishing the report to the ordering
health care practitioner, provide a copy of the report of the results directly
to the insurance carrier, health maintenance organization, or self-insured plan
that provides health insurance or similar coverage to the patient. The insurance
carrier, health maintenance organization, or self-insured plan shall then be
considered authorized to receive the report or result for the purposes of the
federal Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments.

HISTORY: 2007, cc. 887, 930; 2011, cc. 807, 849.