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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>67647</law_id><section_number>65.2-407</section_number><catch_line>Waiver</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>65.2-514</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="65.2">Workers' Compensation</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="4">Occupational Diseases</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> When an employee or prospective employee, though not incapacitated for work, is found to be affected by, or susceptible to, a specific occupational disease he may, subject to the approval of the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>, be permitted to <span class="dictionary">waive</span> in writing compensation for any aggravation of his condition that may result from his working or continuing to work in the same or similar occupation for the same <span class="dictionary">employer</span>. <a id="paragraph-245079" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/65.2-407/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> shall approve a <span class="dictionary">waiver</span> for coal worker&#x2019;s pneumoconiosis and silicosis only when presented with X-ray <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> from a physician qualified in the <span class="dictionary">opinion</span> of the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> to make the determination and which demonstrates a positive diagnosis of the pneumoconiosis or the existence of a lung condition which makes the employee or prospective employee significantly more susceptible to the pneumoconiosis. <a id="paragraph-245080" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/65.2-407/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> In considering approval of a <span class="dictionary">waiver</span>, the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> may supply any medical <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> to a disinterested physician for his <span class="dictionary">opinion</span> as to whether the employee is affected by the disease or has the preexisting condition. <a id="paragraph-245081" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/65.2-407/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 65-50; 1968, c. 660, &#xA7; 65.1-53; 1970, c. 517; 1979, c. 201; 1991, c. 355.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
