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1995 SESSION


VIRGINIA ACTS OF ASSEMBLY -- CHAPTER
An Act to amend and reenact § 8.01-66.2 of the Code of Virginia, relating to liens in negligence cases.
[H 2363]
Approved

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.