Virginia § 54.1-2406 - Treatment records of practitioners
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§ 54.1-2406. Treatment records of practitioners
No records of the identity, diagnosis, prognosis, or treatment of any practitioner of any profession regulated by any of the regulatory boards within the Department of Health Professions obtained by the Department or any health regulatory board from a health care provider or facility that is treating or has treated such practitioner for drug addiction or chronic alcoholism shall be disclosed except:
1. In a disciplinary hearing before a health regulatory board or in any subsequent trial or appeal of a board action or order;
2. To licensing or disciplinary authorities of other jurisdictions or to hospital committees located within or outside this Commonwealth which are concerned with granting, limiting, or denying a physician hospital privileges if a final determination regarding disciplinary action has been made; or
3. Pursuant to an order of a court of competent jurisdiction.
1992, c. 808.
Source: official Virginia text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 54.1-2406 ("Treatment records of practitioners") is part of the Code of Virginia, the codified statutory law of Virginia. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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