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The statute of limitations for collection of such debt shall be tolled during the period in which the applicable health care provider is required to refrain from debt collection activities hereunder.B\n\nFor the purpose of this section, “debt collection activities” means repeatedly calling or writing to the employee and threatening either to turn the matter over to a debt collection agency or to an attorney for collection, enforcement or filing of other process. The term shall not include routine billing or inquiries about the status of the claim.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":289774,"text":"Whenever an employee makes a claim pursuant to § 65.2-601, all health care providers, as defined in § 8.01-581.1, shall refrain from all debt collection activities relating to medical treatment received by the employee in connection with such claim until an award is made on the employee’s claim pursuant to § 65.2-704. 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This law was first created in 1994. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 462<\/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":[{"id":66371,"section_number":"65.2-714","catch_line":"Fees of attorneys and physicians and hospital charges","order_by":null,"url":"\/65.2-714\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":60353,"section_number":"65.2-601","catch_line":"Time for filing claim","order_by":null,"url":"\/65.2-601\/"},{"id":77883,"section_number":"65.2-704","catch_line":"Hearing; award or opinion by Commission","order_by":null,"url":"\/65.2-704\/"},{"id":79489,"section_number":"8.01-581.1","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-581.1\/"}],"permalink":{"id":276537,"object_type":"law","relational_id":80844,"identifier":"65.2-601.1","token":"65.2\/6\/65.2-601.1","url":"\/65.2-601.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/65.2-601.1\/","token":"65.2\/6\/65.2-601.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Effect of filing claim; stay of debt collection activities by health care providers","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 65.2-601.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Whenever an employee makes a claim pursuant to § 65.2-601<\/a>, all health care providers, as defined in § 8.01-581.1<\/a>, shall refrain from all debt collection activities<\/span> relating to medical treatment received by the employee in connection with such claim until an award<\/span> is made on the employee’s claim pursuant to § 65.2-704<\/a>. The statute of limitations<\/span> for collection of such debt shall be tolled during the period in which the applicable health care provider is required to refrain from debt collection activities<\/span> hereunder. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> For the purpose of this section, “debt collection activities<\/span>” means repeatedly calling or writing to the employee and threatening either to turn the matter over to a debt collection agency or to an attorney for collection, enforcement or filing of other process. The term shall not include routine billing or inquiries about the status of the claim. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEFFECT OF FILING CLAIM; STAY OF DEBT COLLECTION ACTIVITIES BY HEALTH CARE\nPROVIDERS (\u00a7 65.2-601.1)\n\nA. Whenever an employee makes a claim pursuant to § 65.2-601, all health\ncare providers, as defined in § 8.01-581.1, shall refrain from all debt\ncollection activities relating to medical treatment received by the employee in\nconnection with such claim until an award is made on the employee’s claim\npursuant to § 65.2-704. The statute of limitations for collection of such\ndebt shall be tolled during the period in which the applicable health care\nprovider is required to refrain from debt collection activities hereunder.\n\nB. For the purpose of this section, “debt collection activities”\nmeans repeatedly calling or writing to the employee and threatening either to\nturn the matter over to a debt collection agency or to an attorney for\ncollection, enforcement or filing of other process. The term shall not include\nroutine billing or inquiries about the status of the claim.\n\nHISTORY: 1994, c. 462.","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}}