Code of Virginia § 8.01-66.8. Petition to enforce lien.
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If suit is instituted by an injured person or his personal representative against the person, firm, or corporation allegedly causing the person's injuries, a hospital, nursing home, physician, nurse, or emergency medical services agency that provided emergency medical services or emergency medical services vehicle transportation, in lieu of proceeding according to §§ 8.01-66.5 to 8.01-66.7 , may file in the court wherein such suit is pending a petition to enforce the lien provided for in § 8.01-66.2 or 8.01-66.9 . Such petition shall be heard and disposed of in a summary way.
Code 1950, § 32-146; 1979, c. 722; 1980, c. 623; 2003, cc. 455 , 525 ; 2015, cc. 502 , 503 .