Bill Text: OR HB2967 | 2011 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Relating to clinical laboratories.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2011-06-30 - In committee upon adjournment. [HB2967 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2011-HB2967-Amended.html

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     76th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2011 Regular Session

HA to HB 2967

LC 3042/HB 2967-3

                       HOUSE AMENDMENTS TO
                         HOUSE BILL 2967

                   By COMMITTEE ON HEALTH CARE

                             March 4

  Delete lines 4 through 18 of the printed bill and insert:
  '  { +  SECTION 1. + } ORS 438.430 is amended to read:
  ' 438.430. (1) Except as otherwise provided in ORS 438.010 to
438.510, a clinical laboratory shall examine specimens only at
the request of a physician, dentist  { - , - }  or other person
authorized by law to use the findings of laboratory examinations.
  ' (2) A person may not report the result of any test,
examination  { - , - }  or analysis of a specimen submitted for
evidence of human disease except to:
  ' (a) The patient; and
  ' (b) A physician, dentist, their agents  { - , - }  or other
person authorized by law to employ the results thereof in the
conduct of a practice or in the fulfillment of official duties.
  '  { - (3) A clinical laboratory shall provide the results of a
test, examination or analysis of a specimen submitted by a
patient in writing to the patient: - }
  '  { - (a) Not sooner than seven days after receiving a request
for the results from the patient; or - }
  '  { - (b) Immediately upon receiving authorization from the
doctor, dentist or other person who requested the test,
examination or analysis to provide the results to the
patient. - }
   { +  ' (3) Upon the request of a patient, a clinical
laboratory shall provide to the patient the written results of a
test, examination or analysis of the patient's specimen:
  ' (a) Immediately, if the results have been available to the
laboratory for at least one working day at the time of the
request; or
  ' (b) Within one working day after the results become available
to the laboratory, if the results are not available or have been
available for less than one working day at the time of the
request. + } ' .
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