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1995 SESSION
LD0245178Patrons--Crittenden, Bennett, Christian, Deeds, Jones, D.C., Jones, J.C., Robinson and Spruill; Senators: Lambert, Lucas, Maxwell and Miller, Y.B.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 8.01-66.2 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 8.01-66.2. Lien against person whose negligence causes injury.
Whenever any person sustains personal injuries caused by the alleged
negligence of another and receives treatment in any hospital, public or
private, 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, such hospital,
physician, nurse, or physical therapist or pharmacy
shall each have a lien for the amount of a just and reasonable charge
for the service rendered, but not exceeding $1,500 in the case of a hospital,
and $300 for each physician, nurse, or physical therapist, or
pharmacy 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.