Laboratory tests -- Disclosure -- Exceptions
KRS 333.152
in effect333.152. Laboratory tests -- Disclosure -- Exceptions
(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, except as provided by subsection (2) of this section, a health care provider requesting that a medical laboratory test for a patient is performed shall not engage in information blocking as described in 42 U.S.C. sec. 300jj-52.
(2) The following reports or test results and any other related results shall not be disclosed to a patient as part of the patient s electronic health record, or in the case of a clinical laboratory test result, or pathology report, shall not be disclosed by the person or entity that administers and controls the patient s electronic health record, until seventy-two (72) hours after the results are finalized, unless the health care provider directs the release of the results before the end of that seventy-two (72) hour period:
(a) Pathology reports or radiology reports that have a reasonable likelihood of showing a finding of malignancy; or
(b) Tests that could reveal genetic markers.
Effective:April 12, 2022
History: Created 2022 Ky. Acts ch. 93, sec. 1, effective April 12, 2022.
Source: Kentucky Legislative Research Commission (legislature.ky.gov)URL: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=52178Fetched: 10/20/2026