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VIRGINIA ACTS OF ASSEMBLY -- CHAPTER An Act to amend and reenact § 8.01-401.2 of the Code of Virginia, relating to chiropractors as expert witnesses. [H 2282] Approved

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 in his specialty 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 and shall be afforded by the court, the same rights, privileges and abilities to present testimony as afforded other experts.