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This law was first created in 1998. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 774<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1999, chapter 144<\/a>; in 2004, chapter 97<\/a>; in 2005, chapter 419<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1462575,"object_type":"law","relational_id":366925,"identifier":"51.1-1124","token":"51.1\/11\/4\/51.1-1124","url":"\/51.1-1124\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/51.1-1124\/","token":"51.1\/11\/4\/51.1-1124","dublin_core":{"Title":"Successive periods of long-term disability","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 51.1-1124","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> A participating employee<\/span>’s disability which is related or due to the same cause or causes as a prior disability for which supplemental long-term disability benefits<\/span> were paid shall be deemed to be a continuation of the prior disability if the employee is eligible for benefits payable under the Act<\/span>, whether or not he is receiving such benefits, and returns to a position on an active employment basis for less than 125 consecutive work days. Days of work arranged pursuant to vocational, rehabilitation, or return-to-work programs<\/span> shall not be counted in determining the duration of the period of the employee’s return to work. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> If a participating employee<\/span> returns to a position on an active employment basis for 125 consecutive work days or longer, any succeeding period of disability shall constitute a new period of disability. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSUCCESSIVE PERIODS OF LONG-TERM DISABILITY (\u00a7 51.1-1124)\n\nA. A participating employee’s disability which is related or due to the\nsame cause or causes as a prior disability for which supplemental long-term\ndisability benefits were paid shall be deemed to be a continuation of the prior\ndisability if the employee is eligible for benefits payable under the Act,\nwhether or not he is receiving such benefits, and returns to a position on an\nactive employment basis for less than 125 consecutive work days. Days of work\narranged pursuant to vocational, rehabilitation, or return-to-work programs\nshall not be counted in determining the duration of the period of the\nemployee’s return to work.\n\nB. If a participating employee returns to a position on an active employment\nbasis for 125 consecutive work days or longer, any succeeding period of\ndisability shall constitute a new period of disability.\n\nHISTORY: 1998, c. 774; 1999, c. 144; 2004, c. 97; 2005, c. 419.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}