Virginia Statutes

§ 54.1-2979 — No liability for nonnegligent performance of operation

Virginia § 54.1-2979

JurisdictionVirginia

Title 54.1PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS

Subtitle IIIPROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS REGULATED BY BOARDS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS

Ch. 29MEDICINE AND OTHER HEALING ARTS

Art. 7SEXUAL STERILIZATION

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Bluebook

Va. Code Ann. § 54.1-2979 (2026).

Text

Subject to the rules of law applicable generally to negligence, no physician licensed by the Board of Medicine shall be either civilly or criminally liable by reason of having performed a vasectomy, salpingectomy, or other surgical sexual sterilization procedure upon any person in this Commonwealth as authorized by this article.

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Legislative History

1981, c. 454, § 54-325.14; 1988, c. 765.

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