                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PRACTITIONER INFORMATION PROVIDED TO PATIENTS (§ 54.1-2910.01)

Upon request by a patient, doctors of medicine, osteopathy, and podiatry shall
inform the patient about the following:

1. Procedures to access information on the doctor compiled by the Board of
Medicine pursuant to &#xA7; 54.1-2910.1;

2. If the patient is not covered by a health insurance plan that the doctor
accepts or a managed care health insurance plan in which the doctor
participates, the patient may be subject to the doctor&#8217;s full charge which
may be greater than the health plan&#8217;s allowable charge; and

3. For purposes of &#xA7; 38.2-3463, licensees of the Board of Medicine or their
designee shall provide a description of the elective procedure or test, or the
applicable standard procedural terminology or medical codes used by the American
Medical Association, sufficient to allow a patient to compare care options if
the patient is being referred for an elective procedure or test.

HISTORY: 2005, c. 468; 2019, cc. 666, 684.