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HOUSE BILL NO. 2282 Offered January 17, 1997 A BILL to amend and reenact § 8.01-401.2 of the Code of Virginia, relating to chiropractors as expert witnesses. ----------
Patrons-- Spruill, Cunningham, Jones, D.C., Jones, J.C., Melvin, Phillips, Robinson and Stump
---------- Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 8.01-401.2 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 8.01-401.2. Chiropractor as expert witness.

A doctor of chiropractic, when properly qualified, may testify as an expert witness in a court of law as to etiology, diagnosis, prognosis, and disability, including anatomical, physiological, and pathological considerations within the scope of the practice of chiropractic as defined in § 54.1-2900 testifying as a treating chiropractor, expert, or witness, shall be afforded by the court, the same rights, privileges and abilities to present testimony as afforded other medical experts, medical care providers and witnesses, as stated in Rule 4:7 of the Rules of the Supreme Court of Virginia.