                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

ACTIONS FOR MEDICAL MALPRACTICE; MINORS (§ 8.01-243.1)

Notwithstanding the provisions of § 8.01-229 A and except as provided in
subsection C of § 8.01-243, any cause of action accruing on or after July 1,
1987, on behalf of a person who was a minor at the time the cause of action
accrued for personal injury or death against a health care provider pursuant to
Chapter 21.1 (§ 8.01-581.1 et seq.) shall be commenced within two years of the
date of the last act or omission giving rise to the cause of action except that
if the minor was less than eight years of age at the time of the occurrence of
the malpractice, he shall have until his tenth birthday to commence an action.
Any minor who is ten years of age or older on or before July 1, 1987, shall have
no less than two years from that date within which to commence such an action.

HISTORY: 1987, cc. 294, 645.