                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PHYSICIANS REPORTING DISABILITIES TO AIRCRAFT PILOTS LICENSING AUTHORITIES
EXEMPT FROM LIABILITY; TESTIFYING IN CERTAIN PROCEEDINGS (§ 54.1-2966)

A. Any physician who, in good faith, reports the existence, or probable
existence, of a mental or physical disability or infirmity in any person
licensed or certificated to operate any type of aircraft, or any applicant for a
license or certificate to operate any type of aircraft, to a governmental agency
which is responsible for issuing, renewing, revoking or suspending such licenses
or certificates, or which is responsible for air safety, which the physician
believes will or reasonably could affect such person&#8217;s ability to safely
operate the aircraft he is licensed or certificated, or is seeking to be
licensed or certificated, to operate shall not be liable for any civil damages
resulting from such reporting, regardless of whether such person is, or has
been, a patient of such physician, except when such reporting was done with
malice.

B. Notwithstanding any provision of &#xA7; 8.01-399, any physician may testify
in any administrative hearing or other proceeding regarding the issuance,
renewal, revocation or suspension of any license or certificate to pilot an
aircraft of any person, regardless of whether such person is, or has been, a
patient of such physician, giving evidence of the existence or probable
existence, of a mental or physical disability or infirmity.

HISTORY: 1978, c. 561, § 54-276.9:1; 1988, c. 765.