If a physician hands a patient a lab requisition for – is the liability on the patient for releasing the PHI to the labs?
If a physician hands a lab requisition form to the patient, the patient will take this form to the lab at that point the patient and the lab have a relationship and the lab as a covered entity must then handle the PHI in accordance with its Notice of Privacy Practices. It is irrelevant if the “liability” is on the patient to release the PHI since the lab will require this information from the patient.
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- If a physician hands a patient a lab requisition for – is the liability on the patient for releasing the PHI to the labs?
