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If the former member refuses to submit to the required medical examination, his retirement allowance shall be discontinued until he complies. If he does not comply within six months of the date of the request, all of his rights to any further disability retirement allowance shall cease, subject to the provisions of § 51.1-160.B\n\nIf the Medical Board determines that a beneficiary is not disabled after reviewing the findings of any of the medical examinations provided for in this section, all rights to any further disability allowance shall cease, subject to the provisions of § 51.1-160.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":313126,"text":"Once each year following retirement, the Board may require a former member who retired for disability and who has not attained his normal retirement age to undergo a medical examination by the Medical Board or a physician or other health care professional designated by the Medical Board. 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This law was first created in 1952. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 157 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 1952 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 4 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1984, chapter 430; in 1990, chapter 832; in 1998, chapter 657<\/a>; in 2018, chapters 53<\/a> and 305<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":79621,"section_number":"51.1-160","catch_line":"Cessation of disability retirement allowance","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.1-160\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":79621,"section_number":"51.1-160","catch_line":"Cessation of disability retirement allowance","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.1-160\/"}],"permalink":{"id":235393,"object_type":"law","relational_id":87471,"identifier":"51.1-159","token":"51.1\/1\/9\/51.1-159","url":"\/51.1-159\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/51.1-159\/","token":"51.1\/1\/9\/51.1-159","dublin_core":{"Title":"Medical examinations of persons retired for disability","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 51.1-159","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Once each year following retirement, the Board may require a former member<\/span> who retired for disability and who has not attained his normal retirement age<\/span> to undergo a medical examination by the Medical Board<\/span> or a physician or other health care professional designated by the Medical Board<\/span>. If the former member<\/span> refuses to submit to the required medical examination, his retirement allowance<\/span> shall be discontinued until he complies. If he does not comply within six months of the date of the request, all of his rights to any further disability retirement allowance<\/span> shall cease, subject to the provisions of § 51.1-160<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> If the Medical Board<\/span> determines that a beneficiary<\/span> is not disabled after reviewing the findings<\/span> of any of the medical examinations provided for in this section, all rights to any further disability allowance shall cease, subject to the provisions of § 51.1-160<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nMEDICAL EXAMINATIONS OF PERSONS RETIRED FOR DISABILITY (\u00a7 51.1-159)\n\nA. Once each year following retirement, the Board may require a former member\nwho retired for disability and who has not attained his normal retirement age to\nundergo a medical examination by the Medical Board or a physician or other\nhealth care professional designated by the Medical Board. If the former member\nrefuses to submit to the required medical examination, his retirement allowance\nshall be discontinued until he complies. If he does not comply within six months\nof the date of the request, all of his rights to any further disability\nretirement allowance shall cease, subject to the provisions of § 51.1-160.\n\nB. If the Medical Board determines that a beneficiary is not disabled after\nreviewing the findings of any of the medical examinations provided for in this\nsection, all rights to any further disability allowance shall cease, subject to\nthe provisions of § 51.1-160.\n\nHISTORY: 1952, c. 157, \u00a7 51-111.61; 1984, c. 430; 1990, c. 832; 1998, c. 657;\n2018, cc. 53, 305.","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}}