                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

IMMUNITY (§ 54.1-2957.12)

No person other than the licensed midwife who provided care to the patient shall
be liable for the midwife&#8217;s negligent, grossly negligent or willful and
wanton acts or omissions. Except as otherwise provided by law, no other licensed
midwife, doctor of medicine or osteopathy, nurse, prehospital emergency medical
personnel, or hospital as defined in § 32.1-123, or agents thereof, shall be
exempt from liability (i) for their own subsequent and independent negligent,
grossly negligent or willful and wanton acts or omissions or (ii) if such person
has a business relationship with the licensed midwife who provided care to the
patient. A doctor of medicine or osteopathy, nurse, prehospital emergency
medical person, or hospital as defined in § 32.1-123, or agents thereof, shall
not be deemed to have established a business relationship or relationship of
agency, employment, partnership, or joint venture with the licensed midwife
solely by providing consultation to or accepting referral from the midwife.

HISTORY: 2005, cc. 719, 917.