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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>57479</law_id><section_number>38.2-5002.2</section_number><catch_line>Confidentiality of certain information; penalty</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="38.2">Insurance</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="50">Virginia Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The following records of the <span class="dictionary">Program</span> shall be confidential: (i) records subject to the attorney-client <span class="dictionary">privilege</span>; (ii) medical and mental records of <span class="dictionary">claimants</span> obtained by the board of directors in the course of administering the <span class="dictionary">Program</span>; (iii) records concerning <span class="dictionary">deliberations</span> of the board of directors in connection with specific claims; (iv) reports of expert witnesses retained by the board of directors that have not become part of the record before the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>; and (v) all records required to be kept confidential by federal <span class="dictionary">law</span>. Except as herein authorized, an officer, agent or employee of the <span class="dictionary">Program</span>, and any <span class="dictionary">person</span> who has held any such position, shall not disclose, directly or indirectly, any such confidential record or information.</p></section></text><history>2003, c. 897.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
