                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

LIEN AGAINST PERSON WHOSE NEGLIGENCE CAUSES INJURY (§ 8.01-66.2)

Whenever any person sustains personal injuries caused by the alleged negligence
of another and receives treatment in any hospital, public or private, or nursing
home, or receives medical attention or treatment from any physician, or receives
nursing service or care from any registered nurse, or receives physical therapy
treatment from any registered physical therapist in this Commonwealth, or
receives medicine from a pharmacy, or receives any emergency medical services
and transportation provided by an emergency medical services vehicle, such
hospital, nursing home, physician, nurse, physical therapist, pharmacy or
emergency medical services provider or agency shall each have a lien for the
amount of a just and reasonable charge for the service rendered, but not
exceeding $2,500 in the case of a hospital or nursing home, $750 for each
physician, nurse, physical therapist, or pharmacy, and $200 for each emergency
medical services provider or agency on the claim of such injured person or of
his personal representative against the person, firm, or corporation whose
negligence is alleged to have caused such injuries.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 32-138; 1979, c. 722; 1981, c. 313; 1988, cc. 505, 544;
1995, cc. 470, 550, 669; 2003, cc. 455, 525; 2010, c. 343; 2015, cc. 502, 503;
2017, c. 603.