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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>362757</law_id><section_number>38.2-5003</section_number><catch_line>Virginia Workers&amp;#8217; Compensation Commission authorized to hear and determine claims</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="88" identifier="38.2">Insurance</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="52" identifier="50">Virginia Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The Virginia Workers&#x2019; Compensation <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> is authorized to hear and pass upon all claims filed pursuant to this chapter. The <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> may exercise the power and authority granted to it in Chapter 2 of Title 65.2 as necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.</p><p>When a <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> <span class="dictionary">court</span> refers a <span class="dictionary">civil action</span> to the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Motion for judgment; motion to refer; Virginia Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Act" href="/8.01-273.1/">8.01-273.1</a> for the purposes of determining whether the <span class="dictionary">cause of action</span> satisfies the requirements of this chapter, the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> shall set the matter for <span class="dictionary">hearing</span> pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Hearing; parties" href="/38.2-5006/">38.2-5006</a>. The <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> shall communicate its decision to the referring <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> <span class="dictionary">court</span> in due course.</p></section></text><history>1987, c. 540; 1999, c. 822.</history><metadata><court_decisions><item key="0"><name> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. Jordyn Spicer, etc. v. Virginia Birth-Related Neurological .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </name><case_number>2484054</case_number><citation></citation><date>2006-08-22</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1063177/jordyn-spicer-etc-v-virginia-birth-related-neurolo/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr></court_html></item><item key="1"><name> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. Spicer v. Virginia Birth-Related Neurological Injury .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </name><case_number>Record 2484-05-4</case_number><citation>633 S.E.2d 732</citation><date>2006-08-22</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1264459/spicer-v-virginia-birth-related-neurological-injury-compensation-program/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 633 S.E.2d 732 (2006) .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr></court_html></item><item key="2"><name>Women's Healthcare Associates, Inc. v. Valerie Mucci</name><case_number>1180144</case_number><citation>64 Va. App. 420</citation><date>2015-03-03</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2783477/womens-healthcare-associates-inc-v-valerie-mucci/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. HUMPHREYS, Judge. .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr></court_html></item><item key="3"><name> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. King v. Virginia Birth-Related Neurological Injury .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </name><case_number>Record 910213</case_number><citation>410 S.E.2d 656</citation><date>1991-11-08</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1388282/king-v-virginia-birth-related-neurological-injury-compensation-program/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 410 S.E.2d 656 (1991) .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Supreme Court of Virginia">SCV</abbr></court_html></item><item key="4"><name> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. John P. Kavanaugh, Jr. v. Virginia Birth-Related .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </name><case_number>2461114</case_number><citation>60 Va. App. 440</citation><date>2012-07-24</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1061648/john-p-kavanaugh-jr-v-virginia-birth-related-neurological-injury/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. D. ARTHUR KELSEY, Judge. .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr></court_html></item><item key="5"><name> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. Loudoun Hospital Center, d/b/a Inova Loudoun Hospital v. .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </name><case_number>1211144</case_number><citation></citation><date>2015-03-03</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2783478/loudoun-hospital-center-dba-inova-loudoun-hospital/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr></court_html></item><item key="6"><name>Angela C. Bess, M.D. v. Valerie Mucci</name><case_number>1191144</case_number><citation></citation><date>2015-03-03</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2783480/angela-c-bess-md-v-valerie-mucci/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr></court_html></item><item key="7"><name> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. Kidder v. Virginia Birth-Related Neurological Injury .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </name><case_number>2092011</case_number><citation>560 S.E.2d 907</citation><date>2002-03-26</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1064713/kidder-v-virginia-birth-related-neurological-injury-compensation-program/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 560 S.E.2d 907 (2002) .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr></court_html></item><item key="8"><name>Jan Paul Fruiterman, M.D. &amp; Associates, P.C. v. Waziri</name><case_number>Record No. 990376</case_number><citation>259 Va. 540</citation><date>2000-03-03</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/6931122/jan-paul-fruiterman-md-associates-pc-v-waziri/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. SENIOR JUSTICE POFF .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Supreme Court of Virginia">SCV</abbr></court_html></item><item key="9"><name>Gibson v. Riverside Hospital, Inc.</name><case_number>Record 941446</case_number><citation>458 S.E.2d 460</citation><date>1995-06-09</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1060287/gibson-v-riverside-hospital-inc/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 458 S.E.2d 460 (1995) .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Supreme Court of Virginia">SCV</abbr></court_html></item></court_decisions></metadata></law>
