Code of Virginia § 38.2-5006. Hearing; parties.

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A. Immediately after the Program's response is filed pursuant to subsection D of § 38.2-5004 , the Commission shall set the date for a hearing, which shall be held no sooner than 15 days and no later than 90 days after the filing of the Program's response, and shall notify the parties to the hearing of the time and place of such hearing. The hearing shall be held in the city or county where the birth-related neurological injury occurred, or in a contiguous city or county, unless otherwise agreed to by the parties and authorized by the Commission.

B. The parties to the hearing required under this section shall include the claimant and the Program.

1987, c. 540; 1989, c. 523; 2005, cc. 50 , 52 .