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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":235771,"object_type":"law","relational_id":60403,"identifier":"51.1-1176","token":"51.1\/11.1\/4\/51.1-1176","url":"\/51.1-1176\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/51.1-1176\/","token":"51.1\/11.1\/4\/51.1-1176","dublin_core":{"Title":"Exclusions and limitations","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 51.1-1176","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Disability benefits<\/span> shall not be payable to any participating employee<\/span> (i) whose disability results from the employee’s commission of a felony<\/span> or (ii) during any period when the employee is incarcerated. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Long-term disability benefits<\/span> shall not be payable to any participating employee<\/span> whose disability results from the abuse of alcohol, the misuse of any prescribed medication, or the misuse of any controlled substance, unless the employee is actively receiving treatment and, in the judgment<\/span> of the case manager, is fully complying with the treatment plan and is making substantial progress toward rehabilitation. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> Disability benefits<\/span> shall not be payable if the participating employee<\/span> is determined by the Board or its designee to be noncompliant with the program<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEXCLUSIONS AND LIMITATIONS (\u00a7 51.1-1176)\n\nA. Disability benefits shall not be payable to any participating employee (i)\nwhose disability results from the employee’s commission of a felony or\n(ii) during any period when the employee is incarcerated.\n\nB. Long-term disability benefits shall not be payable to any participating\nemployee whose disability results from the abuse of alcohol, the misuse of any\nprescribed medication, or the misuse of any controlled substance, unless the\nemployee is actively receiving treatment and, in the judgment of the case\nmanager, is fully complying with the treatment plan and is making substantial\nprogress toward rehabilitation.\n\nC. Disability benefits shall not be payable if the participating employee is\ndetermined by the Board or its designee to be noncompliant with the program.\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}}