2014 Virginia Code
Title 32.1 - Health
§ 32.1-116.1:1. Disclosure of medical records


VA Code § 32.1-116.1:1 (2014) What's This?

Any licensed physician, licensed health care provider, or licensed health care facility may disclose to an emergency medical services provider, emergency medical services physician, or their licensed parent agency the medical records of a sick or injured person to whom such emergency medical services provider or emergency medical services physician is providing or has rendered emergency medical care for the purpose of promoting the medical education of the specific person who provided such care or for quality improvement initiatives of their agency or of the EMS system as a whole. Any emergency medical services provider or emergency medical services physician to whom such confidential records are disclosed shall not further disclose such information to any persons not entitled to receive that information in accordance with the provisions of this section.

1988, c. 486; 2007, c. 13; 2008, c. 118.

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