{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-54.1-2910.01","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 54.1-2910.01","heading":"Practitioner information provided to patients","body":"Upon request by a patient, doctors of medicine, osteopathy, and podiatry shall inform the patient about the following:1. Procedures to access information on the doctor compiled by the Board of Medicine pursuant to § 54.1-2910.1;2. If the patient is not covered by a health insurance plan that the doctor accepts or a managed care health insurance plan in which the doctor participates, the patient may be subject to the doctor's full charge which may be greater than the health plan's allowable charge; and3. For purposes of § 38.2-3463, licensees of the Board of Medicine or their designee shall provide a description of the elective procedure or test, or the applicable standard procedural terminology or medical codes used by the American Medical Association, sufficient to allow a patient to compare care options if the patient is being referred for an elective procedure or test.2005, c. 468; 2019, cc. 666, 684.","path":["Title 54.1. Professions and Occupations","Subtitle III. Professions and Occupations Regulated by Boards Within the Department of Health Professions","Chapter 29. Medicine and Other Healing Arts","Article 1. General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/54.1-2910.01/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:17:24Z","sha256":"daa85ed78f83de6ee35a7555f66a1e48574bc1349dceeb176281358d01e53c12","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-54.1-2910","next":"us-va/va.-code-54.1-2910.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}