Sec.19a-36-D32. Reports of findings

(a) Laboratory findings on a specimen shall be reported directly to the licensed provider who ordered the testing pursuant to authority granted to such provider by chapter 370, 372, 373, 375, 377, 378, 379, 380 or 400j of the Connecticut General Statutes, and may be provided by laboratories other than the department's laboratory to lay persons upon the written request of the provider who ordered the testing. Laboratories other than the department's laboratory may also provide findings upon the written request of providers who did not order the testing, so long as the requesting provider is also statutorily authorized to order such testing pursuant to chapter 370, 372, 373, 375, 377, 378, 379, 380 or 400j of the Connecticut General Statutes, and is providing care to the patient who is the subject of the testing. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the issuance of reports of laboratory findings to town, city or state health officials as required by the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies or the inspection or impounding of records of such reports by a representative of the department.

(b) No report shall be worded to convey or simulate a diagnosis or prognosis or to specify or suggest specific medication, surgical manipulation or other form of treatment unless signed by a physician licensed to practice in Connecticut or in the state in which the laboratory performing the examinations is located. This subsection shall not prohibit the laboratory from furnishing the normal ranges for the methods of analysis employed in such laboratory nor shall it prohibit the laboratory from identifying patient values that are outside the normal ranges for the methods of analysis employed. When the specimen has been referred for examination to an out-of-state laboratory, the report shall bear or be accompanied by a clear statement that such findings were obtained in such laboratory and shall specify its name and location.

(Adopted effective June 4, 1996; Amended October 3, 2005)