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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="17-202.1" title_number="17" title_name="Laboratories" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Medical Laboratories">
  <level label="a">
    <text>On written request of an individual to a medical laboratory for a copy of the results of a laboratory examination of that individual, the medical laboratory shall send a copy of those results that are sought to that individual.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If the results of a laboratory examination are contained in or will be filed in a medical record, as defined in § 4-301 of this article, the request for a copy of the results shall be made to the facility pursuant to the provisions of § 4-302 of this article.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>In all other cases, the medical laboratory may require the individual requesting a copy of the results to pay the prevailing cost of copying and transmitting the copy.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The medical laboratory shall notify the individual’s physician before sending the results to the individual.</text>
  </level>
</section>
