CODE OF VIRGINIA PODIATRIST AS AN EXPERT WITNESS (ยง 8.01-401.2:1) A podiatrist shall not be permitted to testify as an expert witness against a doctor of medicine or osteopathic medicine in connection with a medical malpractice civil court proceeding or a medical malpractice review panel in any case where the doctor or osteopath is a defendant in such proceeding. HISTORY: 2010, cc. 715, 725.