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1994 SESSION
LD3533308Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 8.01-581.3 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 8.01-581.3. Composition, selection, etc., of panel.
The medical review panel shall consist of (i) two impartial attorneys and two
impartial health care providers, licensed and actively practicing their
professions in the Commonwealth and (ii) the judge of a circuit court in
which the action was filed, who shall preside over the panel. The judge shall
have no vote and [ shall need ] not attend or
participate in the deliberations. The medical review panel shall be
selected by the Supreme Court from a list of health care providers submitted
by the Board of Medicine and a list of attorneys submitted by the Virginia
State Bar. In the selection of the health care provider members, the Court
shall give due regard to the nature of the claim and the nature of the
practice of the health care provider.