Virginia Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 10, 2017) |
Title 12. Health |
Agency 5. Department of Health |
Chapter 67. Advance Health Care Directive Registry |
Section 30. Access to the registry
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The person registering documents may specify a legal representative or other persons to have access to such documents. It shall be the responsibility of the person registering to provide such persons with the information necessary to access the registry. Licensed health care providers shall have access to the registry for the purpose of a query for advance directive information on patients who are comatose, incapacitated, or otherwise mentally or physically incapable of communication.
Historical Notes
Derived from Volume 28, Issue 02, eff. November 15, 2011; amended, Virginia Register Volume 31, Issue 22, eff. August 29, 2015.
Statutory Authority
§ 54.1-2995 of the Code of Virginia.