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This law was first created in 2012. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 701<\/a> and 823<\/a> 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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":235729,"object_type":"law","relational_id":56582,"identifier":"51.1-1166","token":"51.1\/11.1\/3\/51.1-1166","url":"\/51.1-1166\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/51.1-1166\/","token":"51.1\/11.1\/3\/51.1-1166","dublin_core":{"Title":"Successive periods of long-term disability","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 51.1-1166","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> A participating employee<\/span>’s disability, which is related or due to the same cause or causes as a prior disability for which supplemental long-term disability benefits<\/span> were paid, shall be deemed to be a continuation of the prior disability if the employee is eligible for benefits payable under the Act<\/span>, whether or not he is receiving such benefits, and returns to a position on an active employment basis for less than 125 consecutive work days. Days of work arranged pursuant to vocational, rehabilitation, or return-to-work programs<\/span> shall not be counted in determining the duration of the period of the employee’s return to work. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> If a participating employee<\/span> returns to a position on an active employment basis for 125 consecutive work days or longer, any succeeding period of disability shall constitute a new period of disability. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSUCCESSIVE PERIODS OF LONG-TERM DISABILITY (\u00a7 51.1-1166)\n\nA. A participating employee’s disability, which is related or due to the\nsame cause or causes as a prior disability for which supplemental long-term\ndisability benefits were paid, shall be deemed to be a continuation of the prior\ndisability if the employee is eligible for benefits payable under the Act,\nwhether or not he is receiving such benefits, and returns to a position on an\nactive employment basis for less than 125 consecutive work days. Days of work\narranged pursuant to vocational, rehabilitation, or return-to-work programs\nshall not be counted in determining the duration of the period of the\nemployee’s return to work.\n\nB. If a participating employee returns to a position on an active employment\nbasis for 125 consecutive work days or longer, any succeeding period of\ndisability shall constitute a new period of disability.\n\nHISTORY: 2012, cc. 701, 823.","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}}