area sensor are image sensors including a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements. A line sensor includes a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements linearly arranged. An object is scanned with the sensor, whereby an image is taken as an electrical signal. An image scanner can exemplify an apparatus including the line sensor. On the other hand, an area sensor includes a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements arranged in a matrix. An image of an object is projected onto the sensor, whereby the image can be captured as an electrical signal. A video camera and a digital still camera can exemplify an apparatus including the area sensor. In the video camera and the digital still camera, an image of the object is reduced and projected onto the area sensor throughelected to terminate his doctor-patient relationship with Bonnie, still in her first trimester of pregnancy, because he said he could not properly treat her without conducting tests he believed necessary to protect her health and the health of the developing fetus.
*92 Bonnie then sought the care of another physician. She first terminated her doctor-patient relationship with Dr. Binyon and requested that he forward her medical records to Dr. James Donnell. On March 30, 1990, Dr. Donnell became Bonnie's primary care physician under her Equicor Health Plan. Sometime between March 30, 1990, and May 22, 1990, Dr. Binyon's office delivered Bonnie's medical records to Dr. Donnell. Included within those records was the laboratory test result on Bonnie's positive hepatitis B status. Shortly after March 30, 1990, Dr. Donnell, a