| SB 0664 | Modifies the law regarding medical malpractice actions against health care providers |
| Sponsor: | Childers | |||
| LR Number: | 0255S.01I | Fiscal Note: | 0255-01 | |
| Committee: | Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence | |||
| Last Action: | 03/31/03 - Hearing Conducted S Judiciary & Civil & Criminal | Journal page: | ||
| Jurisprudence Committee | ||||
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| Effective Date: | August 28, 2003 | |||
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