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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 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 1979, chapter 722; in 2003, chapter 455<\/a>; in 2015, chapters 502<\/a> and 503<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":76021,"section_number":"8.01-66.8","catch_line":"Petition to enforce lien","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-66.8\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":57933,"section_number":"8.01-66.2","catch_line":"Lien against person whose negligence causes injury","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-66.2\/"}],"permalink":{"id":280983,"object_type":"law","relational_id":58036,"identifier":"8.01-66.7","token":"8.01\/3\/7.1\/8.01-66.7","url":"\/8.01-66.7\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-66.7\/","token":"8.01\/3\/7.1\/8.01-66.7","dublin_core":{"Title":"Hearing and disposal of claim of unreasonableness","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-66.7","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

If the injured person<\/span> questions the reasonableness of the charges made by a hospital, nurse, physician, or emergency medical services agency that provided emergency medical services or emergency medical services vehicle transportation claiming a lien<\/span> pursuant to \u00a7 8.01-66.2<\/a>, the injured person<\/span> or the hospital, physician, nurse, or emergency medical services agency that provided emergency medical services or emergency medical services vehicle transportation may file, in the court<\/span> that would have jurisdiction<\/span> of such claim if such claim were asserted against the injured person<\/span> by such hospital, physician, nurse, or emergency medical services agency that provided emergency medical services or emergency medical services vehicle transportation, a petition<\/span> setting forth the facts<\/span>. The court<\/span> shall hear and dispose of the matter in a summary way after five days’ notice to the other party in interest<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nHEARING AND DISPOSAL OF CLAIM OF UNREASONABLENESS (\u00a7 8.01-66.7)\n\nIf the injured person questions the reasonableness of the charges made by a\nhospital, nurse, physician, or emergency medical services agency that provided\nemergency medical services or emergency medical services vehicle transportation\nclaiming a lien pursuant to \u00a7 8.01-66.2, the injured person or the hospital,\nphysician, nurse, or emergency medical services agency that provided emergency\nmedical services or emergency medical services vehicle transportation may file,\nin the court that would have jurisdiction of such claim if such claim were\nasserted against the injured person by such hospital, physician, nurse, or\nemergency medical services agency that provided emergency medical services or\nemergency medical services vehicle transportation, a petition setting forth the\nfacts. The court shall hear and dispose of the matter in a summary way after\nfive days’ notice to the other party in interest.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 32-145; 1979, c. 722; 2003, c. 455; 2015, cc. 502, 503.","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}}