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1995 SESSION
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.