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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 1976, chapter 611; in 1977, chapter 617; in 1984, chapter 777.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1505905,"object_type":"law","relational_id":377613,"identifier":"8.01-581.10","token":"8.01\/21.1\/1\/8.01-581.10","url":"\/8.01-581.10\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-581.10\/","token":"8.01\/21.1\/1\/8.01-581.10","dublin_core":{"Title":"Per diem and expenses of panel","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-581.10","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Each member of the medical review <span class=\"dictionary\">panel<\/span> shall be reimbursed for his actual and necessary expenses and shall be paid at a rate of fifty dollars per diem for work performed as a member of the <span class=\"dictionary\">panel<\/span> exclusive of time involved if called as a <span class=\"dictionary\">witness<\/span> to testify in <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span>. 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