The cabinet may require reporting by medical laboratories of selected test results for the protection of the public health. The cabinet may furnish forms for this purpose. Such reports shall not be construed as constituting a diagnosis nor shall any medical laboratory or medical laboratory personnel making such a report be held liable for having violated a trust or confidential relationship by filing such a report. The reports submitted shall be deemed confidential and not subject to public inspection.
History: Created 1968 Ky. Acts ch. 180, sec. 7.

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 333.130

  • Cabinet: means the Cabinet for Health and Family Services. See Kentucky Statutes 333.020
  • Medical laboratory: means any institution, building, place, or any other facility in which operations and procedures for the microbiological, serological, chemical, hematological, immunohematological, biophysical, cytological, pathological, or other methods of examination of tissues including blood, secretions, and excretions of the human body are performed to obtain information in diagnosing, preventing, or treating disease, or in which the results of any examination, determination, or test are used as a basis for health advice. See Kentucky Statutes 333.020
  • Medical laboratory personnel: includes the medical laboratory director, supervisor, technologist, or technician, but does not include medical laboratory assistants, trainees, or other individuals employed by a medical laboratory to perform clerical or other administrative responsibilities. See Kentucky Statutes 333.020
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