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This law was first created in 2005. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 468<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2019, chapters 666<\/a> and 684<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":362305,"section_number":"38.2-3463","catch_line":"Health care price transparency tools","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-3463\/"},{"id":368366,"section_number":"54.1-2910.1","catch_line":"Certain data required","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-2910.1\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1468979,"object_type":"law","relational_id":368365,"identifier":"54.1-2910.01","token":"54.1\/III\/29\/1\/54.1-2910.01","url":"\/54.1-2910.01\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-2910.01\/","token":"54.1\/III\/29\/1\/54.1-2910.01","dublin_core":{"Title":"Practitioner information provided to patients","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-2910.01","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Upon request by a patient, doctors of medicine, osteopathy, and podiatry shall inform the patient about the following:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Procedures to access information on the doctor compiled by the Board<\/span> of Medicine pursuant to § 54.1-2910.1<\/a>; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> If the patient is not covered by a health insurance plan that the doctor accepts or a managed care health insurance plan in which the doctor participates, the patient may be subject to the doctor’s full charge which may be greater than the health plan’s allowable charge; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> For purposes of § 38.2-3463<\/a>, licensees of the Board<\/span> of Medicine or their designee shall provide a description of the elective procedure or test, or the applicable standard procedural terminology or medical codes used by the American Medical Association, sufficient to allow a patient to compare care options if the patient is being referred for an elective procedure or test. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPRACTITIONER INFORMATION PROVIDED TO PATIENTS (\u00a7 54.1-2910.01)\n\nUpon request by a patient, doctors of medicine, osteopathy, and podiatry shall\ninform the patient about the following:\n\n1. Procedures to access information on the doctor compiled by the Board of\nMedicine pursuant to § 54.1-2910.1;\n\n2. If the patient is not covered by a health insurance plan that the doctor\naccepts or a managed care health insurance plan in which the doctor\nparticipates, the patient may be subject to the doctor’s full charge which\nmay be greater than the health plan’s allowable charge; and\n\n3. For purposes of § 38.2-3463, licensees of the Board of Medicine or their\ndesignee shall provide a description of the elective procedure or test, or the\napplicable standard procedural terminology or medical codes used by the American\nMedical Association, sufficient to allow a patient to compare care options if\nthe patient is being referred for an elective procedure or test.\n\nHISTORY: 2005, c. 468; 2019, cc. 666, 684.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}