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HOUSE BILL NO. 2045 Offered January 10, 2007 Prefiled January 8, 2007 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 6 of Chapter 29 of Title 54.1 a section numbered 54.1-2973.1, relating to authority to receive laboratory test results directly. ---------- Patron-- McQuigg ---------- Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in Article 6 of Chapter 29 of Title 54.1 a section numbered 54.1-2973.1 as follows:

§ 54.1-2973.1. Authority to receive laboratory results directly.

A licensed physician who orders a laboratory test of any person may request, in writing, that a copy of the report of the results of the test be provided by the laboratory directly to the subject of the test. The subject of the test shall then be considered authorized to receive the report for the purposes of the federal Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments.