8.01-581.3 - Composition, selection, etc., of panel. - Virginia Statutes

§ 8.01-581.3. Composition, selection, etc., of panel.

The medical review panel shall consist of (i) two impartial attorneys and twoimpartial health care providers, licensed and actively practicing theirprofessions in the Commonwealth and (ii) the judge of a circuit court inwhich the action was filed, who shall preside over the panel. The judge shallhave no vote and need not attend or participate in the deliberations. Themedical review panel shall be selected by the Supreme Court from a list ofhealth care providers submitted by the Board of Medicine and a list ofattorneys submitted by the Virginia State Bar. In the selection of the healthcare provider members, the Court shall give due regard to the nature of theclaim and the nature of the practice of the health care provider.

(Code 1950, § 8-913; 1976, c. 611; 1977, cc. 202, 617; 1983, c. 208; 1984, c.777; 1986, c. 227; 1993, c. 928; 1994, c. 384.)