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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 7 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 1976, chapter 611; in 1977, chapters 202 and 617; in 1983, chapter 208; in 1984, chapter 777; in 1986, chapter 227; in 1993, chapter 928; in 1994, chapter 384<\/a>.<\/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":278935,"object_type":"law","relational_id":86841,"identifier":"8.01-581.3","token":"8.01\/21.1\/1\/8.01-581.3","url":"\/8.01-581.3\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-581.3\/","token":"8.01\/21.1\/1\/8.01-581.3","dublin_core":{"Title":"Composition, selection, etc., of panel","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-581.3","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The medical review panel<\/span> shall consist of (i) two impartial attorneys<\/span> and two impartial health care providers<\/span><\/span>, licensed and actively practicing their professions in the Commonwealth and (ii) the judge<\/span> of a circuit<\/span> court<\/span> in which the action<\/span> was filed, who shall preside over the panel<\/span>. The judge<\/span> shall have no vote and need not attend or participate in the deliberations<\/span>. The medical review panel<\/span> shall be selected by the Supreme Court<\/span> from a list of health care providers<\/span> submitted by the Board of Medicine and a list of attorneys submitted by the Virginia State Bar. In the selection of the health care provider<\/span> members, the Court<\/span> shall give due regard to the nature of the claim and the nature of the practice of the health care provider<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCOMPOSITION, SELECTION, ETC., OF PANEL (\u00a7 8.01-581.3)\n\nThe medical review panel shall consist of (i) two impartial attorneys and two\nimpartial health care providers, licensed and actively practicing their\nprofessions in the Commonwealth and (ii) the judge of a circuit court in which\nthe action was filed, who shall preside over the panel. The judge shall have no\nvote and need not attend or participate in the deliberations. The medical review\npanel shall be selected by the Supreme Court from a list of health care\nproviders submitted by the Board of Medicine and a list of attorneys submitted\nby the Virginia State Bar. In the selection of the health care provider members,\nthe Court shall give due regard to the nature of the claim and the nature of the\npractice of the health care provider.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 8-913; 1976, c. 611; 1977, cc. 202, 617; 1983, c. 208;\n1984, c. 777; 1986, c. 227; 1993, c. 928; 1994, c. 384.","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}}