2006 Code of Virginia § 54.1-2912.3 - Competency assessments of certain practitioners.

54.1-2912.3. Competency assessments of certain practitioners.

The Board shall require an assessment of the competency of any personlicensed under this chapter on whose behalf three medical malpractice claimsare paid in a 10-year period. The assessment shall be accomplished in 12months or less by a program acceptable to the Board. The licensee shall bearall costs of the assessment. The results of the assessment shall be reviewedby the Board and the Board shall determine a plan of corrective action orappropriate resolution pursuant to the assessment. The assessment, relateddocuments and the processes shall be governed by the confidentialityprovisions of 54.1-2400.2 and shall not be admissible into evidence in anymedical malpractice action involving the licensee. The Board shall reportannually to the General Assembly the number of competency assessmentsundertaken.

(2005, cc. 649, 692.)