- Introduced -

SB 664 - This act specifies that a medical malpractice action may be brought against a physician for the failure to inform a patient of the results of an abnormal medical test, unless the physician never received the results of the abnormal medical test. If a facility fails to notify a physician of the results of an abnormal medical test, then the facility will be the subject of the medical malpractice action.

Evidence that the patient was informed of the abnormal medical test can include a conversation of record between the physician and the patient, a letter to the patient's last known address, or any other communications consistent with that particular patient-physician relationship.

LORIE TOWE