Pennsylvania’s Patient Test Result Information Act, which is set to take effect December 23, 2018, requires diagnostic imaging services providers that identify a “significant abnormality” in their test results to directly notify the patient or his/her designee within 20 days of the completed test, its review and its delivery to the ordering health care practitioner. The new law defines the circumstances under which a patient notice is mandatory, as well as required information and language that must be included in any applicable notice.
For more information regarding the specific requirements of the Act and its applicability to health care providers, you can visit our Fox Rothschild Health Law Alert. The full text of the Act can be accessed at this link.