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KRS 333.152

Laboratory tests -- Disclosure -- Exceptions

Known as the Kentucky Medical Laboratory Act

The act spans §§ 333–333 (28 sections).

History: Created 2022 Ky

(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. sec. 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 s electronic 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

Official source: Kentucky General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Kentucky statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.