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SB 160 Physician-patient relationships; effect of certain emergency department treatment.

Introduced by: H. Russell Potts, Jr. | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)

Physician-patient relationships; establishment, effect of certain emergency room evaluations, termination. Provides that any physician-patient relationship that may be created by virtue of an on-call physician or his agent evaluating or treating a patient in an emergency room will be deemed terminated without further notice upon the discharge of the patient from the emergency room or if the patient is admitted to the hospital, upon his discharge from the hospital and after completion of follow-up as prescribed by the physician, unless the physician and the patient affirmatively elect to continue the physician-patient relationship. This provision does not relieve a physician of his post-discharge duty to satisfy the standard of care required in Virginia, i.e., "the degree of skill and diligence practiced by a reasonably prudent practitioner in the field of practice or specialty in this Commonwealth."


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