                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

HEARING; PARTIES (§ 38.2-5006)

A. Immediately after the Program&#8217;s response is filed pursuant to
subsection D of &#xA7; 38.2-5004, the Commission shall set the date for a
hearing, which shall be held no sooner than 15 days and no later than 90 days
after the filing of the Program&#8217;s response, and shall notify the parties
to the hearing of the time and place of such hearing. The hearing shall be held
in the city or county where the birth-related neurological injury occurred, or
in a contiguous city or county, unless otherwise agreed to by the parties and
authorized by the Commission.

B. The parties to the hearing required under this section shall include the
claimant and the Program.

HISTORY: 1987, c. 540; 1989, c. 523; 2005, cc. 50, 52.