                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PROVISIONS IN RESPECT TO INJURY BY ACCIDENT, ETC., APPLICABLE TO OCCUPATIONAL
DISEASE (§ 65.2-403)

A. When the employer and employee are subject to the provisions of this title,
first communication of the diagnosis of an occupational disease to the employee
or death of the employee resulting from an occupational disease as herein listed
and defined shall be treated as the happening of an injury by accident, and the
employee or in case of his death his dependents shall be entitled to
compensation as provided by this title.

B. An employee who has an occupational disease that is covered by this title
shall be entitled to the same hospital, medical and miscellaneous benefits as an
employee who has a compensable injury by accident, except that the period during
which the employer shall be required to furnish medical attention, including
reasonably necessary diagnostic services, shall begin fifteen days prior to the
date of first communication of the diagnosis of the occupational disease to the
employee. In the event of death the same funeral benefits shall be paid as in
the case of death from a compensable accident.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 65-46; 1966, c. 504; 1968, c. 660, § 65.1-49; 1984, c.
414; 1991, c. 355.