diff --git a/src/__tests__/labs/Labs.test.tsx b/src/__tests__/labs/Labs.test.tsx
index 2dde1714c5..bddfeb3387 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/labs/Labs.test.tsx
+++ b/src/__tests__/labs/Labs.test.tsx
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ describe('Labs', () => {
           breadcrumbs: { breadcrumbs: [] },
           components: { sidebarCollapsed: false },
           lab: {
-            lab: { id: 'labId', patientId: 'patientId' } as Lab,
+            lab: { id: 'labId', patient: 'patientId' } as Lab,
             patient: { id: 'patientId', fullName: 'some name' },
             error: {},
           },
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ describe('Labs', () => {
           lab: {
             lab: {
               id: 'labId',
-              patientId: 'patientId',
+              patient: 'patientId',
               requestedOn: new Date().toISOString(),
             } as Lab,
             patient: { id: 'patientId', fullName: 'some name' },
diff --git a/src/__tests__/labs/ViewLab.test.tsx b/src/__tests__/labs/ViewLab.test.tsx
index 9260d10ac7..488464022f 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/labs/ViewLab.test.tsx
+++ b/src/__tests__/labs/ViewLab.test.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { Badge, Button, Alert } from '@hospitalrun/components'
 import { act } from '@testing-library/react'
 import format from 'date-fns/format'
-import { mount } from 'enzyme'
+import { mount, ReactWrapper } from 'enzyme'
 import { createMemoryHistory } from 'history'
 import React from 'react'
 import { Provider } from 'react-redux'
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ describe('View Lab', () => {
     status: 'requested',
     patient: '1234',
     type: 'lab type',
-    notes: 'lab notes',
+    notes: ['lab notes'],
     requestedOn: '2020-03-30T04:43:20.102Z',
   } as Lab
 
@@ -150,15 +150,31 @@ describe('View Lab', () => {
       expect(resultTextField.prop('value')).toEqual(expectedLab.result)
     })
 
-    it('should display the notes in the notes text field', async () => {
-      const expectedLab = { ...mockLab, notes: 'expected notes' } as Lab
+    it('should display the past notes', async () => {
+      const expectedNotes = 'expected notes'
+      const expectedLab = { ...mockLab, notes: [expectedNotes] } as Lab
+      const wrapper = await setup(expectedLab, [Permissions.ViewLab])
+
+      const notes = wrapper.find('[data-test="note"]')
+      const pastNotesIndex = notes.reduce(
+        (result: number, item: ReactWrapper, index: number) =>
+          item.text().trim() === expectedNotes ? index : result,
+        -1,
+      )
+
+      expect(pastNotesIndex).not.toBe(-1)
+      expect(notes.length).toBe(1)
+    })
+
+    it('should display the notes text field empty', async () => {
+      const expectedNotes = 'expected notes'
+      const expectedLab = { ...mockLab, notes: [expectedNotes] } as Lab
       const wrapper = await setup(expectedLab, [Permissions.ViewLab])
 
       const notesTextField = wrapper.find(TextFieldWithLabelFormGroup).at(1)
 
       expect(notesTextField).toBeDefined()
-      expect(notesTextField.prop('label')).toEqual('labs.lab.notes')
-      expect(notesTextField.prop('value')).toEqual(expectedLab.notes)
+      expect(notesTextField.prop('value')).toEqual('')
     })
 
     it('should display errors', async () => {
@@ -188,9 +204,7 @@ describe('View Lab', () => {
       })
 
       it('should display a update lab, complete lab, and cancel lab button if the lab is in a requested state', async () => {
-        const expectedLab = { ...mockLab, notes: 'expected notes' } as Lab
-
-        const wrapper = await setup(expectedLab, [
+        const wrapper = await setup(mockLab, [
           Permissions.ViewLab,
           Permissions.CompleteLab,
           Permissions.CancelLab,
@@ -254,6 +268,18 @@ describe('View Lab', () => {
         const updateButton = wrapper.find(Button)
         expect(updateButton).toHaveLength(0)
       })
+
+      it('should not display notes text field if the status is canceled', async () => {
+        const expectedLab = { ...mockLab, status: 'canceled' } as Lab
+
+        const wrapper = await setup(expectedLab, [Permissions.ViewLab])
+
+        const textsField = wrapper.find(TextFieldWithLabelFormGroup)
+        const notesTextField = wrapper.find('notesTextField')
+
+        expect(textsField.length).toBe(1)
+        expect(notesTextField).toHaveLength(0)
+      })
     })
 
     describe('completed lab request', () => {
@@ -297,6 +323,22 @@ describe('View Lab', () => {
         const buttons = wrapper.find(Button)
         expect(buttons).toHaveLength(0)
       })
+
+      it('should not display notes text field if the status is completed', async () => {
+        const expectedLab = { ...mockLab, status: 'completed' } as Lab
+
+        const wrapper = await setup(expectedLab, [
+          Permissions.ViewLab,
+          Permissions.CompleteLab,
+          Permissions.CancelLab,
+        ])
+
+        const textsField = wrapper.find(TextFieldWithLabelFormGroup)
+        const notesTextField = wrapper.find('notesTextField')
+
+        expect(textsField.length).toBe(1)
+        expect(notesTextField).toHaveLength(0)
+      })
     })
   })
 
@@ -304,7 +346,7 @@ describe('View Lab', () => {
     it('should update the lab with the new information', async () => {
       const wrapper = await setup(mockLab, [Permissions.ViewLab])
       const expectedResult = 'expected result'
-      const expectedNotes = 'expected notes'
+      const newNotes = 'expected notes'
 
       const resultTextField = wrapper.find(TextFieldWithLabelFormGroup).at(0)
       act(() => {
@@ -316,7 +358,7 @@ describe('View Lab', () => {
       const notesTextField = wrapper.find(TextFieldWithLabelFormGroup).at(1)
       act(() => {
         const onChange = notesTextField.prop('onChange')
-        onChange({ currentTarget: { value: expectedNotes } })
+        onChange({ currentTarget: { value: newNotes } })
       })
       wrapper.update()
       const updateButton = wrapper.find(Button)
@@ -325,6 +367,8 @@ describe('View Lab', () => {
         onClick()
       })
 
+      const expectedNotes = mockLab.notes ? [...mockLab.notes, newNotes] : [newNotes]
+
       expect(labRepositorySaveSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
       expect(labRepositorySaveSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
         expect.objectContaining({ ...mockLab, result: expectedResult, notes: expectedNotes }),
diff --git a/src/__tests__/labs/requests/NewLabRequest.test.tsx b/src/__tests__/labs/requests/NewLabRequest.test.tsx
index 8723ce5515..83ce663649 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/labs/requests/NewLabRequest.test.tsx
+++ b/src/__tests__/labs/requests/NewLabRequest.test.tsx
@@ -177,11 +177,12 @@ describe('New Lab Request', () => {
     const history = createMemoryHistory()
     let labRepositorySaveSpy: any
     const expectedDate = new Date()
+    const expectedNotes = 'expected notes'
     const expectedLab = {
       patient: '12345',
       type: 'expected type',
       status: 'requested',
-      notes: 'expected notes',
+      notes: [expectedNotes],
       id: '1234',
       requestedOn: expectedDate.toISOString(),
     } as Lab
@@ -226,7 +227,7 @@ describe('New Lab Request', () => {
       const notesTextField = wrapper.find(TextFieldWithLabelFormGroup)
       act(() => {
         const onChange = notesTextField.prop('onChange') as any
-        onChange({ currentTarget: { value: expectedLab.notes } })
+        onChange({ currentTarget: { value: expectedNotes } })
       })
       wrapper.update()
 
diff --git a/src/labs/ViewLab.tsx b/src/labs/ViewLab.tsx
index cc80fd4da6..6e5e3ddc9f 100644
--- a/src/labs/ViewLab.tsx
+++ b/src/labs/ViewLab.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Row, Column, Badge, Button, Alert, Toast } from '@hospitalrun/components'
+import { Row, Column, Badge, Button, Alert, Toast, Callout, Label } from '@hospitalrun/components'
 import format from 'date-fns/format'
 import React, { useEffect, useState } from 'react'
 import { useSelector, useDispatch } from 'react-redux'
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import Lab from '../shared/model/Lab'
 import Patient from '../shared/model/Patient'
 import Permissions from '../shared/model/Permissions'
 import { RootState } from '../shared/store'
+import { uuid } from '../shared/util/uuid'
 import { cancelLab, completeLab, updateLab, fetchLab } from './lab-slice'
 
 const getTitle = (patient: Patient | undefined, lab: Lab | undefined) =>
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ const ViewLab = () => {
   const { lab, patient, status, error } = useSelector((state: RootState) => state.lab)
 
   const [labToView, setLabToView] = useState<Lab>()
+  const [newNotes, setNewNotes] = useState<string>()
   const [isEditable, setIsEditable] = useState<boolean>(true)
 
   useTitle(getTitle(patient, labToView))
@@ -59,8 +61,7 @@ const ViewLab = () => {
 
   const onNotesChange = (event: React.ChangeEvent<HTMLTextAreaElement>) => {
     const notes = event.currentTarget.value
-    const newLab = labToView as Lab
-    setLabToView({ ...newLab, notes })
+    setNewNotes(notes)
   }
 
   const onUpdate = async () => {
@@ -73,7 +74,12 @@ const ViewLab = () => {
       )
     }
     if (labToView) {
-      dispatch(updateLab(labToView, onSuccess))
+      const newLab = labToView as Lab
+      if (newNotes) {
+        newLab.notes = newLab.notes ? [...newLab.notes, newNotes] : [newNotes]
+        setNewNotes('')
+      }
+      dispatch(updateLab(newLab, onSuccess))
     }
   }
   const onComplete = async () => {
@@ -167,6 +173,18 @@ const ViewLab = () => {
       return <></>
     }
 
+    const getPastNotes = () => {
+      if (labToView.notes && labToView.notes[0] !== '') {
+        return labToView.notes.map((note: string) => (
+          <Callout key={uuid()} data-test="note" color="info">
+            <p>{note}</p>
+          </Callout>
+        ))
+      }
+
+      return <></>
+    }
+
     return (
       <>
         {status === 'error' && (
@@ -212,13 +230,16 @@ const ViewLab = () => {
             feedback={t(error.result as string)}
             onChange={onResultChange}
           />
-          <TextFieldWithLabelFormGroup
-            name="notes"
-            label={t('labs.lab.notes')}
-            value={labToView.notes}
-            isEditable={isEditable}
-            onChange={onNotesChange}
-          />
+          <Label text={t('labs.lab.notes')} htmlFor="notesTextField" />
+          {getPastNotes()}
+          {isEditable && (
+            <TextFieldWithLabelFormGroup
+              name="notes"
+              value={newNotes}
+              isEditable={isEditable}
+              onChange={onNotesChange}
+            />
+          )}
           {isEditable && (
             <div className="row float-right">
               <div className="btn-group btn-group-lg mt-3">{getButtons()}</div>
diff --git a/src/labs/requests/NewLabRequest.tsx b/src/labs/requests/NewLabRequest.tsx
index 421e993998..3882fc6f11 100644
--- a/src/labs/requests/NewLabRequest.tsx
+++ b/src/labs/requests/NewLabRequest.tsx
@@ -24,10 +24,11 @@ const NewLabRequest = () => {
   const [newLabRequest, setNewLabRequest] = useState({
     patient: '',
     type: '',
-    notes: '',
     status: 'requested',
   })
 
+  const [newNote, setNewNote] = useState('')
+
   useEffect(() => {
     dispatch(resetLab())
   }, [dispatch])
@@ -58,9 +59,10 @@ const NewLabRequest = () => {
 
   const onNoteChange = (event: React.ChangeEvent<HTMLTextAreaElement>) => {
     const notes = event.currentTarget.value
+    setNewNote(notes)
     setNewLabRequest((previousNewLabRequest) => ({
       ...previousNewLabRequest,
-      notes,
+      notes: [notes],
     }))
   }
 
@@ -114,7 +116,7 @@ const NewLabRequest = () => {
             name="labNotes"
             label={t('labs.lab.notes')}
             isEditable
-            value={newLabRequest.notes}
+            value={newNote}
             onChange={onNoteChange}
           />
         </div>
diff --git a/src/shared/model/Lab.ts b/src/shared/model/Lab.ts
index b1837b2f87..618a868293 100644
--- a/src/shared/model/Lab.ts
+++ b/src/shared/model/Lab.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ export default interface Lab extends AbstractDBModel {
   patient: string
   type: string
   requestedBy: string
-  notes?: string
+  notes?: string[]
   result?: string
   status: 'requested' | 'completed' | 'canceled'
   requestedOn: string