                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

MEDICAL BOARDS (§ 51.1-124.23)

A. The Board may create one or more medical boards composed of physicians or
other health care professionals who are not eligible to participate in the
Retirement System. Members of the medical boards created pursuant to this
section shall serve at the pleasure of the Board. A medical board created
pursuant to this section may appoint physicians or other health professionals to
supplement the medical board membership as necessary to render medical decisions
involving specific medical specialties or to serve as substitutes when members
of such medical board cannot serve in their official capacity. Any such
appointments made by the medical board shall be immediately communicated to the
Board or its designee.

B. The duties of a medical board created pursuant to this section shall include:

   1. Reviewing all reports of medical examinations required by this chapter.

   2. Investigating all essential health and medical statements and certificates
   filed in connection with disability retirement.

   3. Submitting to the Board a written report of its conclusions and
   recommendations on all matters referred to it.

C. A medical board created pursuant to this section, its substitutes, and its
employees shall not be held personally liable for conclusions, advice, or
recommendations made in accordance with the duties of such medical board under
the provisions of this title.

D. The Board is authorized to delegate or assign to any person the authority to
appoint medical board membership.

HISTORY: 1952, c. 157, § 51-111.26; 1980, cc. 680, 728; 1984, c. 430; 1990, c.
832, § 51.1-112; 1994, cc. 4, 85; 1997, c. 78; 2001, c. 39.