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2007 SESSION

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HB 2045 Physician, licensed; authority to send laboratory results directly to patient.

Introduced by: Michele B. McQuigg | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)

Health professions; authority to send laboratory results directly to patient.  Allows any doctor of medicine, osteopathy, chiropractic, podiatry, dentistry, optometry, or any licensed nurse practitioner as authorized pursuant to his practice protocol or licensed physicians assistant acting under the supervision of a licensed physician who orders a laboratory test of any person to 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.  This bill has been incorporated into HB 3061 (Frederick).


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