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The cost of the consultants shall be paid by the board for which the services are provided.\n\t\tAny consultant under contract to the Department shall have immunity from civil liability resulting from any communication, finding, opinion or conclusion made in the course of his duties unless such person acted in bad faith or with malicious intent.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":260583,"text":"The Department of Health Professions shall establish a roster of consultants in health care specialties for each health regulatory board, as required. The Department shall contract with each consultant to assist in the investigation and evaluation of violations of statute or regulations of the health regulatory boards and to provide expert testimony as necessary in any subsequent administrative hearing. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 564 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 1986 \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 1988, chapter 765.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":241317,"object_type":"law","relational_id":72341,"identifier":"54.1-2502","token":"54.1\/III\/25\/54.1-2502","url":"\/54.1-2502\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-2502\/","token":"54.1\/III\/25\/54.1-2502","dublin_core":{"Title":"Use of consultants in investigations","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-2502","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> of Health Professions shall establish a roster of consultants in health care specialties for each <span class=\"dictionary\">health regulatory board<\/span>, as required. The <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> shall <span class=\"dictionary\">contract<\/span> with each consultant to assist in the investigation and evaluation of violations of <span class=\"dictionary\">statute<\/span> or regulations of the <span class=\"dictionary\">health regulatory boards<\/span> and to provide expert <span class=\"dictionary\">testimony<\/span> as necessary in any subsequent administrative <span class=\"dictionary\">hearing<\/span>. The cost of the consultants shall be paid by the board for which the services are provided.\n\t\tAny consultant under <span class=\"dictionary\">contract<\/span> to the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> shall have immunity from civil liability resulting from any communication, <span class=\"dictionary\">finding<\/span>, <span class=\"dictionary\">opinion<\/span> or conclusion made in the course of his duties unless such person acted in bad faith or with <span class=\"dictionary\">malicious<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">intent<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nUSE OF CONSULTANTS IN INVESTIGATIONS (\u00a7 54.1-2502)\n\nThe Department of Health Professions shall establish a roster of consultants in\nhealth care specialties for each health regulatory board, as required. The\nDepartment shall contract with each consultant to assist in the investigation\nand evaluation of violations of statute or regulations of the health regulatory\nboards and to provide expert testimony as necessary in any subsequent\nadministrative hearing. The cost of the consultants shall be paid by the board\nfor which the services are provided.\n\t\tAny consultant under contract to the Department shall have immunity from civil\nliability resulting from any communication, finding, opinion or conclusion made\nin the course of his duties unless such person acted in bad faith or with\nmalicious intent.\n\nHISTORY: 1986, c. 564, \u00a7 54-960.1; 1988, c. 765.","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}}