Employee access to annual physical examination results

Overview

The NPC said an employee may request copies of laboratory, ECG and X-ray results from an employer-sponsored annual physical examination, subject to the company’s access procedure. Employer payment for the examination did not extinguish the employee’s access right.

Practice implications

Parao Law practice guidance

For physicians

Give employees a clear route to obtain their own test results. Verify identity and release the requested report securely; explain abnormal findings through an appropriate clinical channel. Do not assume that employer sponsorship makes the results inaccessible to the person examined.

For lawyers

Review the access policy for identification, reasonable timing, secure delivery and any justified restriction. Distinguish the employee’s own examination results from confidential third-party material in a personnel file. The opinion addresses access, not unrestricted employer use of clinical findings.