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SENATE BILL NO. 1341 AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE (Proposed by the Senate Committee on Education and Health on February 1, 2007) (Patron Prior to Substitute--Puller) 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.

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.

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 or mental condition of any person may, if so requested by the patient or his legal guardian, inform the laboratory or other facility conducting the test or examination that a copy of the report of the results shall be provided directly to the patient or his legal guardian. The patient shall then be considered authorized to receive the report or result for the purposes of the federal Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments.