Virginia Code 51.1-124.23: Medical boards
A. The Board may create one or more medical boards composed of physicians or other health care professionals who are not eligible to participate in the Retirement System. Members of the medical boards created pursuant to this section shall serve at the pleasure of the Board. A medical board created pursuant to this section may appoint physicians or other health professionals to supplement the medical board membership as necessary to render medical decisions involving specific medical specialties or to serve as substitutes when members of such medical board cannot serve in their official capacity. Any such appointments made by the medical board shall be immediately communicated to the Board or its designee.
Terms Used In Virginia Code 51.1-124.23
- Board: means the Board of Trustees of the Virginia Retirement System. See Virginia Code 51.1-124.3
- Medical Board: means the boards composed of physicians or other health care professionals as provided by this chapter. See Virginia Code 51.1-124.3
- Person: includes any individual, corporation, partnership, association, cooperative, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, government, political subdivision, or any other legal or commercial entity and any successor, representative, agent, agency, or instrumentality thereof. See Virginia Code 1-230
- Retirement System: means the Virginia Retirement System. See Virginia Code 51.1-124.3
B. The duties of a medical board created pursuant to this section shall include:
1. Reviewing all reports of medical examinations required by this chapter.
2. Investigating all essential health and medical statements and certificates filed in connection with disability retirement.
3. Submitting to the Board a written report of its conclusions and recommendations on all matters referred to it.
C. A medical board created pursuant to this section, its substitutes, and its employees shall not be held personally liable for conclusions, advice, or recommendations made in accordance with the duties of such medical board under the provisions of this title.
D. The Board is authorized to delegate or assign to any person the authority to appoint medical board membership.
1952, c. 157, § 51-111.26; 1980, cc. 680, 728; 1984, c. 430; 1990, c. 832, § 51.1-112; 1994, cc. 4, 85; 1997, c. 78; 2001, c. 39.