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The Commission may exercise the power and authority granted to it in Chapter 2 of Title 65.2 as necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.\n\t\tWhen a circuit court refers a civil action to the Commission pursuant to \u00a7 8.01-273.1 for the purposes of determining whether the cause of action satisfies the requirements of this chapter, the Commission shall set the matter for hearing pursuant to \u00a7 38.2-5006. The Commission shall communicate its decision to the referring circuit court in due course.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":260820,"text":"The Virginia Workers&#8217; Compensation Commission is authorized to hear and pass upon all claims filed pursuant to this chapter. The Commission may exercise the power and authority granted to it in Chapter 2 of Title 65.2 as necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.\n\t\tWhen a circuit court refers a civil action to the Commission pursuant to \u00a7 8.01-273.1 for the purposes of determining whether the cause of action satisfies the requirements of this chapter, the Commission shall set the matter for hearing pursuant to \u00a7 38.2-5006. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 540 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1987 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 1999, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?991+ful+CHAP0822\">822<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":62777,"section_number":"38.2-5006","catch_line":"Hearing; parties","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-5006\/"},{"id":83214,"section_number":"8.01-273.1","catch_line":"Motion for judgment; motion to refer; Virginia Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Act","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-273.1\/"}],"permalink":{"id":217611,"object_type":"law","relational_id":72413,"identifier":"38.2-5003","token":"38.2\/50\/38.2-5003","url":"\/38.2-5003\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/38.2-5003\/","token":"38.2\/50\/38.2-5003","dublin_core":{"Title":"Virginia Workers&#8217; Compensation Commission authorized to hear and determine claims","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 38.2-5003","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The Virginia Workers&#8217; Compensation <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span> is authorized to hear and pass upon all claims filed pursuant to this chapter. The <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span> may exercise the power and authority granted to it in Chapter 2 of Title 65.2 as necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.\n\t\tWhen a <span class=\"dictionary\">circuit<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> refers a <span class=\"dictionary\">civil action<\/span> to the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span> pursuant to \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Motion for judgment; motion to refer; Virginia Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Act\" href=\"\/8.01-273.1\/\">8.01-273.1<\/a> for the purposes of determining whether the <span class=\"dictionary\">cause of action<\/span> satisfies the requirements of this chapter, the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span> shall set the matter for <span class=\"dictionary\">hearing<\/span> pursuant to \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Hearing; parties\" href=\"\/38.2-5006\/\">38.2-5006<\/a>. The <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span> shall communicate its decision to the referring <span class=\"dictionary\">circuit<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> in due course.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nVIRGINIA WORKERS&#8217; COMPENSATION COMMISSION AUTHORIZED TO HEAR AND DETERMINE\nCLAIMS (\u00a7 38.2-5003)\n\nThe Virginia Workers&#8217; Compensation Commission is authorized to hear and\npass upon all claims filed pursuant to this chapter. The Commission may exercise\nthe power and authority granted to it in Chapter 2 of Title 65.2 as necessary to\ncarry out the purposes of this chapter.\n\t\tWhen a circuit court refers a civil action to the Commission pursuant to \u00a7\n8.01-273.1 for the purposes of determining whether the cause of action satisfies\nthe requirements of this chapter, the Commission shall set the matter for\nhearing pursuant to \u00a7 38.2-5006. The Commission shall communicate its decision\nto the referring circuit court in due course.\n\nHISTORY: 1987, c. 540; 1999, c. 822.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}