(a) Clinical laboratory test results may be reported or transmitted to:
         (1) the licensed physician or other authorized person
    
who requested the test, their designee, or both;
        (2) any health care provider who is providing
    
treatment to the patient;
        (3) an electronic health information exchange for the
    
purposes of transmitting, using, or disclosing clinical laboratory test results in any manner required or permitted by HIPAA; and
        (4) a pharmacist in accordance with Section 43.5
    
of the Pharmacy Practice Act.
    (b) No interpretation, diagnosis, or prognosis or suggested treatment shall appear on the laboratory report form, except that a report made by a physician licensed to practice medicine in Illinois, a dentist licensed in Illinois, or an optometrist licensed in Illinois may include such information.

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     (c) Nothing in this Act prohibits the sharing of information as authorized in Section 2.1 of the Department of Public Health Act.