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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\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 1966, chapter 417; in 1968, chapter 660; in 1972, chapter 619; in 1991, chapter 355.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":87021,"section_number":"65.2-513","catch_line":"Compensation for death from coal worker's pneumoconiosis; determining whether death was due to pneumoconiosis or any chronic occupational lung disease","order_by":null,"url":"\/65.2-513\/"}],"permalink":{"id":276577,"object_type":"law","relational_id":56629,"identifier":"65.2-606","token":"65.2\/6\/65.2-606","url":"\/65.2-606\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/65.2-606\/","token":"65.2\/6\/65.2-606","dublin_core":{"Title":"Physicians for medical examination","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 65.2-606","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Commission<\/span> or any member thereof may, upon the application of either party<\/span> or upon its own motion<\/span>, appoint a disinterested and duly qualified physician or surgeon to make any necessary medical examination and to testify in respect thereto; however, the provisions of this section shall not apply to determination of whether an employee died of pneumoconiosis or any chronic occupational lung disease, which shall be governed by the provisions of \u00a7 65.2-513<\/a> and the regulations promulgated thereunder. Such physician or surgeon shall be allowed travelling expenses and a reasonable fee to be fixed by the Commission<\/span>.\n\t\tThe fees and expenses of such physician or surgeon shall be paid by the Commonwealth.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPHYSICIANS FOR MEDICAL EXAMINATION (\u00a7 65.2-606)\n\nThe Commission or any member thereof may, upon the application of either party\nor upon its own motion, appoint a disinterested and duly qualified physician or\nsurgeon to make any necessary medical examination and to testify in respect\nthereto; however, the provisions of this section shall not apply to\ndetermination of whether an employee died of pneumoconiosis or any chronic\noccupational lung disease, which shall be governed by the provisions of \u00a7\n65.2-513 and the regulations promulgated thereunder. Such physician or surgeon\nshall be allowed travelling expenses and a reasonable fee to be fixed by the\nCommission.\n\t\tThe fees and expenses of such physician or surgeon shall be paid by the\nCommonwealth.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 65-87; 1966, c. 417; 1968, c. 660, \u00a7 65.1-90; 1972, c.\n619; 1991, c. 355.","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}}