Kentucky Statutes 333.152 – Laboratory tests — Disclosure — Exceptions
Current as of: 2024 | Check for updates
|
Other versions
(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, except as provided by subsection (2) of this section, a health care provider requesting that a medical laboratory test for a patient is performed shall not engage in information blocking as described in 42 U.S.C. § 300jj-52.
(2) The following reports or test results and any other related results shall not be disclosed to a patient as part of the patient selectronic health record, or in the case of a clinical laboratory test result, or pathology report, shall not be disclosed by the person or entity that administers and controls the patient s electronic health record, until seventy-two (72) hours after the results are finalized, unless the health care provider directs the release of the results before the end of that seventy-two (72) hour period:
(a) Pathology reports or radiology reports that have a reasonable likelihood of showing a finding of malignancy; or
(b) Tests that could reveal genetic markers.
Effective:April 12, 2022
History: Created 2022 Ky. Acts ch. 93, sec. 1, effective April 12, 2022.
(2) The following reports or test results and any other related results shall not be disclosed to a patient as part of the patient selectronic health record, or in the case of a clinical laboratory test result, or pathology report, shall not be disclosed by the person or entity that administers and controls the patient s electronic health record, until seventy-two (72) hours after the results are finalized, unless the health care provider directs the release of the results before the end of that seventy-two (72) hour period:
Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 333.152
- clinical laboratory: shall be deemed synonymous with the term "medical laboratory" and includes laboratories operated and maintained exclusively for teaching purposes. See Kentucky Statutes 333.020
- Person: means any individual, firm, partnership, association, corporation, municipality, political subdivision, or any other entity whether organized for profit or not. See Kentucky Statutes 333.020
(a) Pathology reports or radiology reports that have a reasonable likelihood of showing a finding of malignancy; or
(b) Tests that could reveal genetic markers.
Effective:April 12, 2022
History: Created 2022 Ky. Acts ch. 93, sec. 1, effective April 12, 2022.