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If leave to amend is granted, the judge may, upon motion of either party, stay the review panel proceedings or continue the trial, extend the time for completion of discovery, filing of pleadings and other procedural limitations periods, or enter such other orders as are appropriate to avoid prejudice to the parties and to avoid unnecessary delay and duplication in the proceedings.\n\t\tThe statute of limitations as to any party added shall be tolled from the date of the request until completion of the panel proceedings. Leave to add additional parties to the review panel proceeding shall not be granted if the judge finds that the applicable statute of limitations has expired with respect to the new or additional parties or causes of action.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":278220,"text":"The judge of the circuit court hearing the case may grant leave to amend the request for a review panel to add additional parties or causes of action in furtherance of the ends of justice except where (i) the request for leave to amend is made less than ten days before the date set for the review panel to convene or for the hearing or (ii) the judge finds that the request for leave to amend is without merit. If leave to amend is granted, the judge may, upon motion of either party, stay the review panel proceedings or continue the trial, extend the time for completion of discovery, filing of pleadings and other procedural limitations periods, or enter such other orders as are appropriate to avoid prejudice to the parties and to avoid unnecessary delay and duplication in the proceedings.\n\t\tThe statute of limitations as to any party added shall be tolled from the date of the request until completion of the panel proceedings. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 227 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 1993, chapter 928.<\/p>","references":[{"id":75486,"section_number":"8.01-581.2","catch_line":"Request for review by medical malpractice review panel; rescission of request; determination on request","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-581.2\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":278931,"object_type":"law","relational_id":77555,"identifier":"8.01-581.2:1","token":"8.01\/21.1\/1\/8.01-581.2_1","url":"\/8.01-581.2_1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-581.2_1\/","token":"8.01\/21.1\/1\/8.01-581.2_1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Additional parties","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-581.2:1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The <span class=\"dictionary\">judge<\/span> of the <span class=\"dictionary\">circuit<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">hearing<\/span> the case may grant leave to <span class=\"dictionary\">amend<\/span> the request for a review <span class=\"dictionary\">panel<\/span> to add additional parties or causes of <span class=\"dictionary\">action<\/span> in furtherance of the ends of justice except where (i) the request for leave to <span class=\"dictionary\">amend<\/span> is made less than ten days before the date set for the review <span class=\"dictionary\">panel<\/span> to convene or for the <span class=\"dictionary\">hearing<\/span> or (ii) the <span class=\"dictionary\">judge<\/span> finds that the request for leave to <span class=\"dictionary\">amend<\/span> is without merit. If leave to <span class=\"dictionary\">amend<\/span> is granted, the <span class=\"dictionary\">judge<\/span> may, upon <span class=\"dictionary\">motion<\/span> of either <span class=\"dictionary\">party<\/span>, <span class=\"dictionary\">stay<\/span> the review <span class=\"dictionary\">panel<\/span> proceedings or continue the <span class=\"dictionary\">trial<\/span>, extend the time for completion of <span class=\"dictionary\">discovery<\/span>, filing of <span class=\"dictionary\">pleadings<\/span> and other procedural limitations periods, or enter such other <span class=\"dictionary\">orders<\/span> as are appropriate to avoid prejudice to the parties and to avoid unnecessary delay and duplication in the proceedings.\n\t\tThe <span class=\"dictionary\">statute of limitations<\/span> as to any <span class=\"dictionary\">party<\/span> added shall be tolled from the date of the request until completion of the <span class=\"dictionary\">panel<\/span> proceedings. Leave to add additional parties to the review <span class=\"dictionary\">panel<\/span> proceeding shall not be granted if the <span class=\"dictionary\">judge<\/span> finds that the applicable <span class=\"dictionary\">statute of limitations<\/span> has expired with respect to the new or additional parties or causes of <span class=\"dictionary\">action<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nADDITIONAL PARTIES (\u00a7 8.01-581.2:1)\n\nThe judge of the circuit court hearing the case may grant leave to amend the\nrequest for a review panel to add additional parties or causes of action in\nfurtherance of the ends of justice except where (i) the request for leave to\namend is made less than ten days before the date set for the review panel to\nconvene or for the hearing or (ii) the judge finds that the request for leave to\namend is without merit. If leave to amend is granted, the judge may, upon motion\nof either party, stay the review panel proceedings or continue the trial, extend\nthe time for completion of discovery, filing of pleadings and other procedural\nlimitations periods, or enter such other orders as are appropriate to avoid\nprejudice to the parties and to avoid unnecessary delay and duplication in the\nproceedings.\n\t\tThe statute of limitations as to any party added shall be tolled from the date\nof the request until completion of the panel proceedings. Leave to add\nadditional parties to the review panel proceeding shall not be granted if the\njudge finds that the applicable statute of limitations has expired with respect\nto the new or additional parties or causes of action.\n\nHISTORY: 1986, c. 227; 1993, c. 928.","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}}